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B. B King Quotes

The minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.

Minute Orally Playing Singing Start Stop

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

People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.

I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided the best thing I could do for my kids was work and provide. Fortunately, I've been able to do that. Unfortunately, my work was on the road, and that's meant a life of one-nighters.

I didn't want to disrespect my parents, so I never played blues around the house. But I knew then, same as I know today, that I wasn't doing anything wrong. I think that before they died, they both felt very proud of me.

Once in a while, the thumb that fits over the neck of the guitar kinda bothers me a little bit, but not that much yet. I figure in time I won't do much because of my age.

As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke.

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

If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I'd never heard anything like that before: single-string blues played on an electric guitar.

If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money.

When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it'll happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You'll have to figure that out for yourself!

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There are still great artists in the country format.

Carpe diem, you know.

All my siblings being all different ages meant I got exposed to music that was 20-30 years older than me. And that was a big influence.

G-Dragon is a fancy person. People don't expect the upright image of G-Dragon. Kwon Ji Yong is an introvert and has lots of things going on in his head.

Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist's job is very interesting.

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