B. B. King Quotes

My Mother Was A Very Beautiful Lady, I Thought. She Was Very Good To Me. I Guess - She Died When I Was Nine And A Half, But If She Had Lived I Probably Wouldn't Be Trying To Play Guitar. She Wanted Me To Be Known, But As Something Else. Not A Guitar Player.

I Gave You Seven Children, But Now You Want To Give Them Back.

Elvis, He Was Unique. And He Loved The Blues, It Was A Pity He Didn't Do More.

I've Always Liked Ladies All My Life. I Guess It Started With My Mom. So Every Time I Saw A Pretty Lady, I Thought, She's Pretty.

I Guess You Can Look At Me, And Tell I'm The Old Man. My Name Is Bb King.

I Call Myself A Blues Singer, But You Ain't Never Heard Me Call Myself A Blues Guitar Man.

I Don't Try To Just Be A Blues Singer - I Try To Be An Entertainer. That Has Kept Me Going.

Being A Blues Singer Is Like Being Black Two Times.

A Lot Of Times I Say To Myself, "i Wished I Could Be Worthy Of All The Compliments That People Give Me Sometimes." I'm Not Inventing Anything That's Going To Stop Cancer Or Muscular Dystrophy Or Anything, But I Like To Feel That My Time And Talent Is Always There For The People That Need It. When Someone Do Say Something Negative, Most Times I Think About It, But It Don't Bother Me That Much.

Michael Bloomfield Came In After Rock N Roll Started, And He Was A Great Guitarist. He Idolized Me - I Know That. What Else Can I Say ? He Was A Young, Excitable Man. To Him, Drugs Were Plentiful, And That Was No Good. I Talked To Him Like He Was A Son Of Mine. He Was A Great And He Was Gonna Be Greater. But He Was Part Of The "in-crowd" And So He Never Got There

I Can't Afford No Liquor, All I Can Buy Is Beer And Wine.

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 ... I Try To Do What I Do Better, Not Get Away From It.