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B. B King Quotes

I never use that word, retire.

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I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton… oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will.

Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I'm trying to do more. When I'm singing, I don't want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling.

I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone other than myself. There are a few people that I've wished I could play like, but when I tried, it didn't work.

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.

If my fans want to do something for me when that time comes, I say, don't waste your money on me. Help the homeless. Help the needy… people who don't have no food… Instead of some big funeral, where they come from here and there and all over. Save it.

I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.

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

Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.

When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.

I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet – I just like music.

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