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. 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. KINGI gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
B. B. KINGElvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
B. B. KINGI’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
B. B. KINGI don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
B. B. KINGI’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B. B. KINGWhen you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
B. B. KINGWhen 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. KINGSometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
B. B. KINGI don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
B. B. KINGAlbert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
B. B. KINGI don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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. 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. KINGPlaying guitar is like telling the truth.
B. B. KINGI never use that word, retire.
B. B. KING