Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
B. B. KINGNotes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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 are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
B. B. KINGThe beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
B. B. KINGMay I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
B. B. KINGIf you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
B. B. KINGI’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
B. B. KINGI call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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. KINGJazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
B. B. KINGNobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
B. B. KINGAnd as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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. KINGI don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
B. B. KINGEverybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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. KING