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B B King Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I used to play - when I first started trying to be professional, I disk jockey from 1949 to 1955 in Memphis, Tennessee, and I was quite popular there as a disk jockey Picture Quote #1

There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

You’ve heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. Well, that’s because there’s been so many can do it better’n I can, play the blues better’n me. I think a lot of them have told me things, taught me things Picture Quote #1

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning Picture Quote #1

Touring a segregated America - forever being stopped and harassed by white cops hurt you most ‘cos you don’t realise the damage. You hold it in. You feel empty, like someone reached in and pulled out your guts. You feel hurt and dirty, less than a person Picture Quote #1

My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I was nine and a half, but if she had lived I probably wouldn’t be trying to play guitar. She wanted me to be known, but as something else. Not a guitar player Picture Quote #1

I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King Picture Quote #1

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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back Picture Quote #1

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you Picture Quote #1

I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow Picture Quote #1

I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember Picture Quote #1

I woke up this morning, my baby was gone Picture Quote #1

Being a blues singer is like being black two times Picture Quote #1

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I never use that word, retire Picture Quote #1

Education is the one thing that no one can take from you Picture Quote #1

A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me Picture Quote #1

A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day Picture Quote #1

Notes are expensive... spend them wisely Picture Quote #1

I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singe Picture Quote #1

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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine Picture Quote #1

May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day Picture Quote #1

I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions Picture Quote #1

And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die Picture Quote #1

The blues was bleeding the same blood as me Picture Quote #1

I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King Picture Quote #1

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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. (B B King Quotes) 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. (B B King Quotes) I used to play - when I first started trying to be professional, I disk jockey from 1949 to 1955 in Memphis, Tennessee, and I was quite popular there as a disk jockey. (B B King Quotes) There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it. (B B King Quotes) 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. (B B King Quotes) 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. (B B King Quotes) 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. (B B King Quotes) You’ve heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. Well, that’s because there’s been so many can do it better’n I can, play the blues better’n me. I think a lot of them have told me things, taught me things. (B B King Quotes) Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning. (B B King Quotes) Touring a segregated America - forever being stopped and harassed by white cops hurt you most ‘cos you don’t realise the damage. You hold it in. You feel empty, like someone reached in and pulled out your guts. You feel hurt and dirty, less than a person. (B B King Quotes) My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I was nine and a half, but if she had lived I probably wouldn’t be trying to play guitar. She wanted me to be known, but as something else. Not a guitar player. (B B King Quotes) I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King. (B B King Quotes) I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back (B B King Quotes) The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you (B B King Quotes) I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow (B B King Quotes) I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember (B B King Quotes) I woke up this morning, my baby was gone (B B King Quotes) Being a blues singer is like being black two times (B B King Quotes) I never use that word, retire (B B King Quotes) Education is the one thing that no one can take from you (B B King Quotes) A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me (B B King Quotes) A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day (B B King Quotes) Notes are expensive... spend them wisely (B B King Quotes) I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singe (B B King Quotes) I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine (B B King Quotes) May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day (B B King Quotes) I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions (B B King Quotes) And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die (B B King Quotes) The blues was bleeding the same blood as me (B B King Quotes) I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King (B B King Quotes)

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