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B. B King Quotes

B. B King

Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.

Better Black Fountain Water White White Fountain

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Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin', too.

B. B King

Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do and then just go for it. I never know what the public's going to like, anyway.

B. B King

What don't I want to learn? I have how-to books, history, nature. Ain't nobody here saying, 'You'd better learn this.' But I still think I've got a head on my shoulders, and it pleases me.

B. B King

'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.

B. B King

I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a small Gibson amplifier.

B. B King

Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.

B. B King

I 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 King

I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

B. B King

I used to play – when I first started trying to be professional, I disk jockey from 1949 to 1955 in Memphis, Tennessee, and I was quite popular there as a disk jockey.

B. B King

I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.

B. B King

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I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want personal recognition. We want to be recognized for something, for what we did. I'd rather my song be recognized for what it's doing and that's important. It's not so important how many people know me.
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You have to believe in yourself, challenge yourself, and push yourself until the very end; that's the only way you'll succeed.
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