I've come to the conclusion that a man without a cause is nothing. He has nothing to look forward to, he has nothing to work toward; he is as a man lost, wandering in the darkest part of his heart to find a deeper, better purpose in his life.
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KING I've always tried to defend the idea that the blues doesn't have to be sung by a person who ... B. B. KING What don't I want to learn? I have how-to books, history, nature. Ain't nobody here saying, ... B. B. KING I never use that word, retire. B. B. KING I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer. B. B. KING The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still com... B. B. KING I'm more careful about my hands than about what I eat and most anything else, because my hands h... B. B. KING I didn't want to disrespect my parents, so I never played blues around the house. But I knew the... B. B. KING Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do, and the... B. B. KING A lot of people believe what other people say. 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 ... B. B. KING I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends. B. B. KING When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace ... B. B. KING I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways. B. B. KING I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going. B. B. KING I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King. B. B. KING Do I love the road? Honestly? No - but it's how I earn my living. I also don't have the blue... B. B. KING I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. B. B. KING The problem is that a lot of the blues stations are late on Saturday night, and like a lot of people... B. B. KING I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords. B. B. KING I have a nice car, a Mercedes. And then I have an old El Camino truck that I'm crazy about. I li... B. B. KING If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another. B. B. KING If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music - without ... B. B. KING There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done. B. B. KING Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin', too. B. B. KING I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember. B. B. KING We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it. KANYE WEST I know I got angels watchin me from the other side. KANYE WEST I have decided in 2020 to run for president. KANYE WEST I still think I am the greatest. KANYE WEST I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid. KANYE WEST Nobody can tell me where I can and can't go. KANYE WEST George Bush doesn't care about black people. KANYE WEST I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production. KANYE WEST If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for foo... KANYE WEST Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It's rage, it's creativity, it's pain, it... KANYE WEST I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but th... KANYE WEST Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so mu... KANYE WEST