Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
B. B. KINGI was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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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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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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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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