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. 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. KINGWhen I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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. KINGBeing a blues singer is like being black two times.
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. KINGPlaying guitar is like telling the truth.
B. B. KINGThe blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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. KINGSometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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. KINGThere are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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. 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. KINGWater from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
B. B. KING