You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
B. B. KINGYou only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
B. B. KINGThe beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
B. B. KINGThere’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
B. B. KINGWhen I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
B. B. KINGThe 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. KINGI gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
B. B. KINGWhen I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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. KINGA guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
B. B. KINGNotes are expensive, spend them wisely.
B. B. KINGI’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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.
B. B. KINGElvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
B. B. KINGAlbert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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. 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. KING