I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
B. B. KINGThe beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
More B. B. King Quotes
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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