Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
B. B. KINGThe blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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I never use that word, retire.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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