The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
B. B. KINGHard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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