Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
B. B. KINGA day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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