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I never use that word, retire.
No one can take it away from you.
Notes are expensive... spend them wisely
God made Blues right after he made woman.
Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
A lot of people believe what other people say.
I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
A day that I don't learn something new is a wasted day.
May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
I don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.
Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin', too.
And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
The blues are three L's - living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
The minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here
Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues
I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
The Blues? It's the mother of American music. That's what is is - the source.
Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.
Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.
You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.
Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
I was a singing disc jockey who heard every type of music there was - and loved it all.
I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer
I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.