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.
B. B. KINGWater from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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The 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.
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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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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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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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