Best B B King Quotes
- I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet,… All
- There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done Many
- Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there! Die
- A day that I don't learn something new is a wasted day. Day
- When you heard Jimi Hendrix, you knew it was Jimi Hendrix. He introduced himself with his instrument. His attack to a guitar man, was, oh,… American
- The blues are three L's - living , loving and hopefully, laughing. Blues
- Notes are expensive... spend them wisely Expensive
- I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch. Don T
- I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King. Bb King
- I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends. Anger
- If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another. Find
- If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank… Bank
- I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back. Children
- I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine. Afford
- 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. Black
- The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. Beautiful
- The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see… Anybody
- 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… Big
- Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in… Defend
- I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember. Care
- We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so. All
- When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you… Ground
- I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If… Every Night
- I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords. Chords
- It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room… Asleep