B. B King Quotes B. B King I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed. Black Black Twice Blues Counts Missed Music Never Said Vaughan
I would sit on the street corners in my hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and I would play. And, generally, I would start playing gospel songs. People would come by on the street – you live in Time Square, you know how they do it – they would bunch up. And they would always compliment me on gospel tunes, but they would tip me when I played blues. B. B King
The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't. B. B King
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so. B. B King
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. B. B King
The problem is that a lot of the blues stations are late on Saturday night, and like a lot of people, I ain't no vampire! B. B King
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. B. B King
Back when we was in school in Mississippi, we had Little Black Sambo. That's what you learned: Anytime something was not good, or anytime something was bad in some kinda way, it had to be called black. Like, you had Black Monday, Black Friday, black sheep… Of course, everything else, all the good stuff, is white. White Christmas and such. B. B King
People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die. B. B King
I don't really measure success by anything other than if I am happy. That is success to me. Am I happy waking up every morning? And despite the challenges of running my own business, do I look forward to going to work? Absolutely. L'Wren Scott
Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it. K'naan
Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject. Alan Alexander Milne