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.
B. B. KINGMay I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
B. B. KINGI don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
B. B. KINGAnd as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
B. B. KINGWe all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
B. B. KINGLadies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
B. B. KINGThe beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
B. B. KINGIf you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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.
B. B. KINGI’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
B. B. KINGI don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
B. B. KINGWhen I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
B. B. KINGI 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. KINGI tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
B. B. KINGEverybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
B. B. KINGI was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
B. B. KING