Home
Topics
Authors
Profession
Zodiac Signs

Home
Topics
Authors
Profession
Zodiac Signs

B. B King Quotes

The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.

Bleeding Blood Blues Me Same

More Related Quotes

I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.

I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.

I used to play – when I first started trying to be professional, I disk jockey from 1949 to 1955 in Memphis, Tennessee, and I was quite popular there as a disk jockey.

If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here.

I didn't want to disrespect my parents, so I never played blues around the house. But I knew then, same as I know today, that I wasn't doing anything wrong. I think that before they died, they both felt very proud of me.

My dad died, I think, at 87. So I'll be lucky if I make 87. But in a lot of cases, the younger people live longer than their parents. And they know more. My dad used to tell me he ate the hog from his rooter to his tooter. So do I when I'm not trying to lose weight.

Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do and then just go for it. I never know what the public's going to like, anyway.

'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.

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

I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people – like meeting your in-laws for the first time.

Quotes of the Hour

If one looks at the map of the world, it's difficult to find Iraq, and one would think it rather easy to subdue such a small country.

When you have a girlfriend, there are many things that are irritating every day, every night. I'm sure it's different for everyone, but when you fight, it gets really annoying.

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

I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.

You can tell all our songs come from us and from our artists, the people we write with and travel with.

Popular Topics

Always Anything Believe Best Blues Day Doing Everything Feel First Good I Am Know Life Like Look Lot Love Me More Music Myself Never One Own People Play Russia Something Song Songs Things Think Time Try Trying Up Us Want Way Will Work World Years You

Copyright © 2026 Epigrammatic Ltd. All rights reserved.

Home
Topics
Authors
Profession
Zodiac Signs

Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Copyright
Contact Us