Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
B. B. KINGI never use that word, retire.
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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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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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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.
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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 it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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When 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.
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