Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here — B. B. King Copy Share Image
It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music. — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues — B. B. King Copy Share Image
If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another. — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite. — B. B. King Copy Share Image
If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good - he's rock's #1 guitarist, and he plays… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I started to like blues, I guess, when I was about 6 or 7 years old. There was something about it, because… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us.… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Charlie Christian had no more impact on my playing than Django Reinhardt or Lonnie Johnson. I just wanted to play like him.… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for the British musicians, a lot of us black musicians in America would still be catchin' the hell that… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
The early years when I was starting, blues player, you wasn't always welcome in a lot of the other places. People usually… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Michael Bloomfield came in after rock n roll started, and he was a great guitarist. He idolized me - I know that.… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I did several shows with Jimi Hendrix, that's when I got to know him better, I knew of him, I met him… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
He was Jimi Hendrix! He didn't sound like anybody else but himself. He was like Charlie Parker in his way of playing,… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Blues purists never cared for me. I don't worry about it. I think if it this way: When I made 'Three O' Clock Blues,'… — B. B. King Copy Share
My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her to Symphony… — B. B. King Copy Share
When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it'll happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage,… — B. B. King Copy Share
Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever,… — B. B. King Copy Share
Playing the guitar is like telling the truth - you never have to worry about repeating the same [lie] if you told the truth.… — B. B. King Copy Share
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… — B. B. King Copy Share
There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want to hear… — B. B. King Copy Share
Touring a segregated America - forever being stopped and harassed by white cops hurt you most 'cos you don't realise the damage. You hold… — B. B. King Copy Share
I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the… — B. B. King Copy Share
There was a lot of other young players around at that time when I was coming, but there was older people like Blind Lemon,… — B. B. King Copy Share
When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to… — B. B. King Copy Share
Hard times don't necessarily mean being poor all the time. I've known people that was a part of a family and always feel that… — B. B. King Copy Share
![“I did several shows with Jimi Hendrix, that's when I got to know him better, I knew of him, I met him [when he was playing] with Little Richard... And he was kind of quiet, shy, he didn't open up too much, but there were questions as we all ask each other. You know, "how do you do this" and "why…” quote by B. B. King](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5f3/b-b-king-4531_asks_i-did-several-shows-with-jimi-hendrix-th_3211664.png)
