I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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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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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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I never use that word, retire.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as 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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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