You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
B. B. KINGI guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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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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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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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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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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