I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B. B. KINGKenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
More B. B. King Quotes
-
-
Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
B. B. KING -
It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
B. B. KING -
When 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 -
Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
B. B. KING -
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. KING -
If 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. KING -
Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
B. B. KING -
I 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. KING -
God made Blues right after he made woman.
B. B. KING -
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
B. B. KING -
When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
B. B. KING -
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
B. B. KING -
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
B. B. KING -
And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
B. B. KING -
Music 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






