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B. B. King Quotes

American - Musician | September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015

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

Learning Beautiful You Nobody Take

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

Blue You Blues Play Whatever Then

I'm trying to get people to see that we are our brother's keeper. Red, white, black, brown or yellow, rich or poor, we all have the blues.

Red Brother Yellow People Rich Poor

I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.

Guitar Emotions Human Connect Wanted

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

People World Problems Die Long Over

We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.

Yourself Be Yourself Care Doing You

Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!

Die Heaven Go Get Everybody Wants

Whenever I'm in Kansas City, I think back to all the jazz-blues greats who played the blues here - like Count Basie, Charlie Parker and Jay McShann. I watched those guys jam in different places and heard a lot of things - but I couldn't do what they did. They were too good.

Good City Think Back Blues Places

Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.

Water Black Better White Fountain

I have a nice car, a Mercedes. And then I have an old El Camino truck that I'm crazy about. I like to get in that truck and go up in the hills near where I live, in Vegas, and take my camera. That, to me, is Heaven, being out in nature, taking pictures of the wildlife.

Nature Live Car Me Crazy Truck

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.

Family Man Growing Up Wolf Stand Up

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.

Learning School Brother College Play

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