I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
B. B. KINGI’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
B. B. KINGI don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
B. B. KINGYou only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
B. B. KINGI 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. KINGEducation is the one thing that no one can take from you.
B. B. KINGNobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
B. B. KINGYou never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
B. B. KINGA lot of people believe what other people say.
B. B. KINGPlaying guitar is like telling the truth.
B. B. KINGEverybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
B. B. KINGI look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
B. B. KINGBeing a blues singer is like being black two times.
B. B. KINGMusic is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
B. B. KINGMany 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. KINGJanis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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.
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