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.
B. B. KINGI’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.
More B. B. King Quotes
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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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 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 been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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 don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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