B. B King Quotes

When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they start calling people my age, 18, up, I was one they called.

People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.

If my fans want to do something for me when that time comes, I say, don't waste your money on me. Help the homeless. Help the needy… people who don't have no food… Instead of some big funeral, where they come from here and there and all over. Save it.

When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.'

I'm trying to get people to see that we are our brother's keeper. Red, white, black, brown or yellow, rich or poor, we all have the blues.

We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.

Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.

I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.

I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.

I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a small Gibson amplifier.

I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.

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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

All my siblings being all different ages meant I got exposed to music that was 20-30 years older than me. And that was a big influence.

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