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B. B King Quotes

B. B King

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.

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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.

B. B King

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.

B. B King

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.

B. B King

Do I love the road? Honestly? No – but it's how I earn my living. I also don't have the blues, like it's some kind of fever. The blues is my job. It's what I do.

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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't.

B. B King

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

B. B King

The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn't know how other people would take it.

B. B King

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.

B. B King

A lot of people believe what other people say.

B. B King

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

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