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B.B. King quotes: 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. 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.
B.B. King quotes: I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young. I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
B.B. King quotes: 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. 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.
B.B. King quotes: I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good - he's rock's #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good - he's rock's #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us
B.B. King quotes: Education is the one thing that no one can take from you. Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
B.B. King quotes: A lot of people believe what other people say. A lot of people believe what other people say.
B.B. King quotes: I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King. I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
B.B. King quotes: I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back. I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
B.B. King quotes: The Blues? It's the mother of American music. That's what is is - the source. The Blues? It's the mother of American music. That's what is is - the source.
B.B. King quotes: I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways. I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
B.B. King quotes: God made Blues right after he made woman. God made Blues right after he made woman.
B.B. King quotes: I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like. I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.
B.B. King quotes: The blues was bleeding the same blood as me. The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
B.B. King quotes: Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do, and then just go for it. Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do, and then just go for it.
B.B. King quotes: I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going. I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
B.B. King quotes: You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll. You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
B.B. King quotes: I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow. I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
B.B. King quotes: The problem is that a lot of the blues stations are late on Saturday night, and like a lot of people, I ain't no vampire! The problem is that a lot of the blues stations are late on Saturday night, and like a lot of people, I ain't no vampire!
B.B. King quotes: Being a blues singer is like being black two times. Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
B.B. King quotes: Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite. Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
B.B. King quotes: There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done. There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
B.B. King quotes: I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer. I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
B.B. King quotes: 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. 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.
B.B. King quotes: If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here. If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here.
B.B. King quotes: 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. 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. King quotes: The beautiful thing about education is that no one can take it away from you. The beautiful thing about education is that no one can take it away from you.
B.B. King quotes: People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die. People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
B.B. King quotes: Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway. Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
B.B. King quotes: The minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille. The minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
B.B. King quotes: Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin', too. Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin', too.
B.B. King quotes: I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a small Gibson amplifier. I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a small Gibson amplifier.
B.B. King quotes: Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain. Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
B.B. King quotes: As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke. As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke.
B.B. King quotes: A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me. A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
B.B. King quotes: Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues
B.B. King quotes: There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want to hear it. There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
B.B. King quotes: I'm trying to get people to see that we are our brother's keeper. Red, white, black, brown or yellow, rich or poor, we all have the blues. I'm trying to get people to see that we are our brother's keeper. Red, white, black, brown or yellow, rich or poor, we all have the blues.
B.B. King quotes: We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so. We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
B.B. King quotes: Playing guitar is like telling the truth. Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
B.B. King quotes: The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
B.B. King quotes: If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another. If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
B.B. King quotes: 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. 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.
B.B. King quotes: I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions. I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
B.B. King quotes: I don't like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch. I don't like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
B.B. King quotes: I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords. I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
B.B. King quotes: I've always tried to defend the idea that the blues doesn't have to be sung by a person who comes from Mississippi, as I did. I've always tried to defend the idea that the blues doesn't have to be sung by a person who comes from Mississippi, as I did.
B.B. King quotes: It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself. It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
B.B. King quotes: The blues are three L's - living , loving and hopefully, laughing. The blues are three L's - living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
B.B. King quotes: I never use that word, retire. I never use that word, retire.
B.B. King quotes: Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore. Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
B.B. King quotes: I was a singing disc jockey who heard every type of music there was - and loved it all. I was a singing disc jockey who heard every type of music there was - and loved it all.
B.B. King quotes: Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton. Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.
B.B. King quotes: 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. 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.
B.B. King quotes: Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there! Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
B.B. King quotes: I started to like blues, I guess, when I was about 6 or 7 years old. There was something about it, because nobody else played that kind of music. I started to like blues, I guess, when I was about 6 or 7 years old. There was something about it, because nobody else played that kind of music.
B.B. King quotes: I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends. I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
B.B. King quotes: No one can take it away from you. No one can take it away from you.
B.B. King quotes: A day that I don't learn something new is a wasted day. A day that I don't learn something new is a wasted day.
B.B. King quotes: I would sit on the street corners in my hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and I would play. And, generally, I would start playing gospel songs. I would sit on the street corners in my hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and I would play. And, generally, I would start playing gospel songs.
B.B. King quotes: Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person. Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
B.B. King quotes: I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember. I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B.B. King quotes: Notes are expensive ... spend them wisely Notes are expensive ... spend them wisely
B.B. King quotes: Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more. Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.
B.B. King quotes: Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence. Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
B.B. King quotes: Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I'd go back next Saturday. Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I'd go back next Saturday.
B.B. King quotes: I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
B.B. King quotes: May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day. May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
B.B. King quotes: I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine. I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
B.B. King quotes: You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life. You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life.
B.B. King quotes: I don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once. I don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.
B.B. King quotes: I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music. I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music.

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