Blues purists never cared for me. I don't worry about it. I think if it this way: When I made 'Three O'… — 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… — 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
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
Hard times don't necessarily mean being poor all the time. I've known people that was a part of a family and always… — 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
A lot of times I say to myself, "I wished I could be worthy of all the compliments that people give me… — 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
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
I've known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family liked everyone else but them. That… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I don't do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That's… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but… — 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
The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to… — 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
When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence. — B. B. King Copy Share Image
When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they… — 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
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
