B. B King Quotes

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.

I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.

There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.

I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.

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'm more careful about my hands than about what I eat and most anything else, because my hands have been my living. My hands have been able to help me learn. My hands have taken me around the world. So I'm very proud of my hands.

I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone other than myself. There are a few people that I've wished I could play like, but when I tried, it didn't work.

I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.

I've always tried to defend the idea that the blues doesn't have to be sung by a person who comes from Mississippi, as I did.

A lot of people believe what other people say.

I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.

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I was worried that in London I would be judged for who I know rather than what I do. In New York, I am known for fashion.

You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt – they should do the work.

I think I'm generally more inspired when I'm away from technology. Whether that is on a beach somewhere or just in your room with your phones and screens shut off, I think that quietness is often very inspiring.

I don't blame the average seventeen-year-old punk-rock kid for calling me a sellout. I understand that. And maybe when they grow up a little bit, they'll realize there's more things to life than living out your rock & roll identity so righteously.

As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke.

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