Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
B. B. KINGThe crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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I never use that word, retire.
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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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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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