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Me Quotes by B B King
- Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
- I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
- I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
- Charlie Christian had no more impact on my playing than Django Reinhardt or Lonnie Johnson. I just wanted to play like him. I wanted to…
- He was Jimi Hendrix! He didn't sound like anybody else but himself. He was like Charlie Parker in his way of playing, he played well,…
- My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her to Symphony Hall,…
- Michael Bloomfield came in after rock n roll started, and he was a great guitarist. He idolized me - I know that. What else can…
- I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky…
- A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
- I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet,…
- I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
- I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
- The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
- 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…
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- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale