black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.

B. B. King

Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
B. B. KING

Herself Love Lying Mom
Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
B. B. KING

Black Foundation Taste Water White
The 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. KING

Children Love Music People Problem See Shame Yourself
I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
B. B. KING

Count Missing Myself Play
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
B. B. KING

Hard Music Person Sing
We 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. KING

Animal Help Nature Need Ourselves Planet Protect World
I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
B. B. KING

Cry Guitarist Happy Myself Place Play
You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
B. B. KING

Life Missing Yourself
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

Children Myself Play Reach Start Time Young
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

Bank Goodness Money People Sing Yourself
God made Blues right after he made woman.
B. B. KING

Creation God Music Woman
I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
B. B. KING

Audience Kind Myself Night Personality Time
It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
B. B. KING

Instrument Music Myself Play Style Way
When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
B. B. KING

Mindset Myself Oral Play Sing
I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
B. B. KING

Myself Perspective Steal Thinking
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

Better Goodness Guitar Himself Music Myself Play

Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More B. B. King Quotes