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
Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues — 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
Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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 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
Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here — 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
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
