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B. B King Quotes

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

Away Beautiful Beautiful Thing Learning Nobody You

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Whenever I'm in Kansas City, I think back to all the jazz-blues greats who played the blues here – like Count Basie, Charlie Parker and Jay McShann. I watched those guys jam in different places and heard a lot of things – but I couldn't do what they did. They were too good.

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

I've seen myself on those lists of the 100 best guitarists, and if they think that I'm that good, thank them. Thank God for them. But I don't think so.

If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here.

Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.

I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop – I can't think of any music I don't like.

I tell my children now that they are older, 'If something happens to me… don't make no big fuss over me. Don't make no big expense on my funeral. Don't put any pressure on the rest of the family. I've loved everybody, and I hope they loved me. But don't create this big expense for the family.'

I started to like blues, I guess, when I was about 6 or 7 years old. There was something about it, because nobody else played that kind of music.

I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a small Gibson amplifier.

I was a singing disc jockey who heard every type of music there was – and loved it all.

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As a musician myself, I wouldn't be confident if I received some other composers' song, because I choose to express myself through the music that I make.

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I love listening to people talking about their love, and it always gives me great energy.

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