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B. B King Quotes

B. B King

I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.

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

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My wife Martha used to call me Ol' Lemon Face because of my facial contortions when I play Lucille. I squeeze my eyes and open my mouth, raise my eyebrows, cock my head and God knows what else. I look like I'm in torture, when in truth, I'm in ecstasy. I don't do it for show. Every fiber of my being is tingling.

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

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I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.

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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.

B. B King

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

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I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet – I just like music.

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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.

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Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.

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