B. B. King

God made Blues right after he made woman.

— B. B. King

May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.

— B. B. King

Being a blues singer is like being black two times.

— B. B. King

I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.

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A day that I don't learn something new is a wasted day.

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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.

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Notes are expensive... spend them wisely

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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.

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I don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.

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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done

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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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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!

— B. B. King

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 do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.

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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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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.

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When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they…

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I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie…

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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…

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I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you…

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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you…

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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…

— B. B. King

I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good - he's rock's #1 guitarist, and he plays…

— B. B. King

It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit…

— B. B. King

It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit…

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I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works…

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If it wasn't for the British musicians, a lot of us black musicians in America would still be catchin' the hell that…

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I'm self-taught. But I finally learned that they was having little shows or night dances or whatever you call them at little…

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My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her…

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Singing about your sadness unburdens your soul. But the blues hollers shouted about more than being sad. They were also delivering messages…

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I was born on a plantation, and things weren't so good. We didn't have any money. I never thought of the word…

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I did several shows with Jimi Hendrix, that's when I got to know him better, I knew of him, I met him…

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I've known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family liked everyone else but them. That…

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He was Jimi Hendrix! He didn't sound like anybody else but himself. He was like Charlie Parker in his way of playing,…

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A lot of people believe what other people say.

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I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.

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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.

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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.

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No one can take it away from you.

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I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.

— B. B. King