Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
B. B. KINGI don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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I 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!
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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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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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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 guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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