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B. B King Quotes

B. B King

I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton… oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will.

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'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.

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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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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.

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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 'poor' 'til I got to be a man, but when you live in a house that you can always peek out of and see what kind of day it is, you're not doing so well. And your rest room is not inside the house.

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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.

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My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess – she died when I was nine and a half, but if she had lived, I probably wouldn't be trying to play guitar. She wanted me to be known, but as something else. Not a guitar player.

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I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone other than myself. There are a few people that I've wished I could play like, but when I tried, it didn't work.

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I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.

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Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin', too.

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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 gotta stand in the doorway.

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