I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B. B. KINGI’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.
More B. B. King Quotes
-
-
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.
B. B. KING -
A lot of people believe what other people say.
B. B. KING -
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.
B. B. KING -
I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
B. B. KING -
I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
B. B. KING -
If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
B. B. KING -
And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
B. B. KING -
God made Blues right after he made woman.
B. B. KING -
I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
B. B. KING -
Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
B. B. KING -
I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
B. B. KING -
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
B. B. KING -
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.
B. B. KING -
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
B. B. KING -
I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
B. B. KING -
I never use that word, retire.
B. B. KING -
Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
B. B. KING -
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
B. B. KING -
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. KING -
It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
B. B. KING -
A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
B. B. KING -
There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
B. B. KING -
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
B. B. KING -
Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
B. B. KING