B. B. King Quotes

When 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. King

When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.' - B. B. King

We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so. - B. B. King

There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done. - B. B. King

The 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. King

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

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. - B. B. King

Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin', too. - B. B. King

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning. - B. B. King

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

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