Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning. — 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 never noticed. — 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
