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.
B. B. KINGI 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.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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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 don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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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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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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