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
Playing the guitar is like telling the truth - you never have to worry about repeating the same [lie] if you told… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking… — 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
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
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 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
When you heard Jimi Hendrix, you knew it was Jimi Hendrix. He introduced himself with his instrument. His attack to a guitar… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I'd never heard anything like that before:… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. — 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 bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues — B. B. King Copy Share Image
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 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 the other… — 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 to hear… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
