Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more. B. B. King More Quotes by B. B. King More Quotes From B. B. King A lot of people believe what other people say. B. B. King believepeople When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You'll have to figure that out for yourself! B. B. King leavingthreesleep 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 to borrow money. B. B. King dresseswantpeople The Blues? It's the mother of American music. That's what is is - the source. B. B. King sourcemusicmother 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 the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that's as deep a hurt as you can possibly get. B. B. King hard-timeshurtmean If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another. B. B. King songpeopleway I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow. B. B. King plagiarismstealingthinking The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't. B. B. King cdslongpeople Singing about your sadness unburdens your soul. But the blues hollers shouted about more than being sad. They were also delivering messages in musical code. If the master was coming, you might sing a hidden warning to the other field hands . . . The blues could warn you what was coming. I could see the blues was about survival. B. B. King being-sadsadnesshands He was Jimi Hendrix! He didn't sound like anybody else but himself. He was like Charlie Parker in his way of playing, he played well, he was a person that made waves. When you heard Jimi Hendrix you knew it was Jimi Hendrix, he introduced himself in his instrument... You know, many radio stations play records and a lot of the times they don't call out the names who you just listened to, but when they play Jimi Hendrix, you don't have to tell me, [you know] it's Jimi Hendrix. B. B. King musicnamesplay No one can take it away from you. B. B. King educationteacherknowledge I never use that word, retire. B. B. King retiringuse Charlie Christian had no more impact on my playing than Django Reinhardt or Lonnie Johnson. I just wanted to play like him. I wanted to play like all of them. All of these people were important to me. I couldn't play like any of them, though. B. B. King impactmusicchristian Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues B. B. King musicbrotherkings We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so. B. B. King being-yourselfguitarmusic I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young. B. B. King kicksperformingyoung I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords. B. B. King chordshorrible I'm self-taught. But I finally learned that they was having little shows or night dances or whatever you call them at little juke joints not far from where I lived, and I used to go there. They wouldn't let me play inside, but I could sit outside on the weekends, when it wasn't raining or something. B. B. King weekendrainnight Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite. B. B. King jazzmusicworld I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch. B. B. King lunchpayway
