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Play Quotes by 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 blues better than…
- 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,…
- 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,…
- 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…
- We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
- It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room…
- 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 used to play - when I first started trying to be professional, I disk jockey from 1949 to 1955 in Memphis, Tennessee, and I…
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