"I used to sing spirituals when I thought……" — BB King
"I used to sing spirituals when I thought that this was the thing I wanted to do but somehow or another, when I went in the Army. I picked up on Lucille and started sing the blues. Well, now when I'm paying my dues."
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24 Quotes by BB King
BB King has 24 quotes on this site.
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Thrill is gone. The thrill is gone away. The thrill is gone, baby. The thrill is gone away.
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You know you done me wrong, baby and you'll be sorry someday.
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Although, I'll still live on but so lonely I'll be.
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Someday I know I'll be open armed, baby. Just like I know a good man should.
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You know I'm free, free now, baby. I'm free from your spell. Oh, I'm free, free, free now. I'm free…
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And now that it's all over. All I can do is wish you well.
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I've been down hearted baby, ever since the day we met. I said I've been down hearted baby, ever since…
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Our love is nothing but the blues, baby, how blue can you get?
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You're evil when I'm with you, baby, and you're jealous when we're apart. I said you're evil when I'm with…
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How blue can you get baby, the answer is right here in my heart.
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I gave you a brand new Ford, but you said I want a Cadillac. I bought you a ten dollar…
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I gave seven children, and now you wanna give them back I said. I've been down hearted baby, ever since…
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but…
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You never find yourself until you face the truth.
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That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and…
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Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
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Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of…
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Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.
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Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock 'n' roll and staying out of the army.
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I like army boots, I like peasant skirts - sometimes together! So I do know that I have odd taste.
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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My dad was in the Army. The Army's not great pay, but, you know, we moved from Army patch to…
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Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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