Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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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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I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from 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 don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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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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