I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
B. B. KINGI gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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. KINGEducation is the one thing that no one can take from you.
B. B. KINGAlbert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
B. B. KINGIf you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
B. B. KINGPlaying guitar is like telling the truth.
B. B. KINGI do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
B. B. KINGMay I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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. 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. KINGYou never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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. KINGThe blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
B. B. KINGI never use that word, retire.
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. KINGElvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
B. B. KING