I Guess You Can Look At Me,

The Early Years When I Was Starting, Blues Player, You Wasn't Always Welcome In A Lot Of The Other Places. People Usually Have Preconceived Ideas About Blues Music. They Always Feel That It's Depressing And That It's Just Something That A Guy Sit Out On A Stool, Grab A Guitar, And Just Start Singing Or Mumbling Or Whatever.

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

I Don't Do Much Recording Anymore, But Before I Really Stopped, I Was Glad To Get Five, Five Cent A Record. That's Why When I See People Today And They Complain About What They Get, And I Picked Cotton For $2.50 A Day.

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 Him, But You Loved Him. You Just Didn't Know How Other People Would Take It.

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.