If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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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When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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