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B. B King Quotes

The problem is that a lot of the blues stations are late on Saturday night, and like a lot of people, I ain't no vampire!

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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.

My dad died, I think, at 87. So I'll be lucky if I make 87. But in a lot of cases, the younger people live longer than their parents. And they know more. My dad used to tell me he ate the hog from his rooter to his tooter. So do I when I'm not trying to lose weight.

Growing up on the plantation there in Mississippi, I would work Monday through Saturday noon. I'd go to town on Saturday afternoons, sit on the street corner, and I'd sing and play.

Once in a while, the thumb that fits over the neck of the guitar kinda bothers me a little bit, but not that much yet. I figure in time I won't do much because of my age.

There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.

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

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

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.

The minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.

Touring a segregated America – forever being stopped and harassed by white cops hurt you most 'cos you don't realise the damage. You hold it in. You feel empty, like someone reached in and pulled out your guts. You feel hurt and dirty, less than a person.

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My parents wouldn't have sent me out into the world with wool over my eyes. You have to be aware, or you'll be swallowed.

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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' – it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.

I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhood because I wasn't there.'

I just hope everybody stays with us. We are not trying to be snobs or jerks. We are in a whirlwind trying to figure out the best way to be accessible.

I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet, your leg. But I believe George Benson is the one that plays all over. To me, he would be the M.D. of them all.

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