I never use that word, retire.
B. B. KINGWe all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
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Hard 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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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
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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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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.
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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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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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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.
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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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