I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
B. B. KINGI don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
B. B. KINGGrowing 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. KINGElvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
B. B. KINGWe all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
B. B. KINGIt seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
B. B. KINGNobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
B. B. KINGThe Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
B. B. KINGIt just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
B. B. KINGThe way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
B. B. KINGIf you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
B. B. KINGI 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. KINGI’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. KINGWe 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. KINGAnd as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
B. B. KINGI wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
B. B. KINGWhen you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
B. B. KING