I used to play - when I first started trying to be professional, I disk jockey from 1949 to 1955 in Memphis,… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille. — 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
It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
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… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I would sit on the street corners in my hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and I would play. And, generally, I would start… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
When I was young, I didn't play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I've reached.… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone… — 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
It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I'm self-taught. But I finally learned that they was having little shows or night dances or whatever you call them at little… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
There was a lot of other young players around at that time when I was coming, but there was older people like… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
You've heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I think Ive done the best I could have done. But I keep wanting to play better, go further. There are so… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I always liked the steel guitar. I also love the guys that play the bottleneck. But I could never do it; I… — 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
Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he… — 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
