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
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 don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going. — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you… — 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'… — 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
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
Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you… — 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
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
![“Playing the guitar is like telling the truth - you never have to worry about repeating the same [lie] if you told the truth. You don't have to pretend, or cover up. If someone asks you again, you don't have to think about it or worry about it because there it is. It's you.” quote by B. B. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/928/b-b-king-4531_asks_playing-the-guitar-is-like-telling-the-t_186528.jpg)
