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. KINGI 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. KINGThe blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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. KINGI 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. KINGThe Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
B. B. KINGI never use that word, retire.
B. B. KINGI call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
B. B. KINGI don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
B. B. KINGI gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
B. B. KINGThe beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
B. B. KINGIt’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
B. B. KINGI’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B. B. KINGWater from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
B. B. KINGPlaying guitar is like telling the truth.
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. KINGBeing a blues singer is like being black two times.
B. B. KING