B. B King Quotes

You've heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. Well, that's because there's been so many can do it better'n I can, play the blues better'n me. I think a lot of them have told me things, taught me things.

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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.

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.

I've seen myself on those lists of the 100 best guitarists, and if they think that I'm that good, thank them. Thank God for them. But I don't think so.

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.

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'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.

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.

I never use that word, retire.

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

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I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as a musician, as a guitarist.

My personal position is that society must keep children safe.

I think we should not control the Internet.

When I was still a student, I came out of a performing arts high school, and the female students who were doing traditional dance and ballet were so beautiful. They were beautiful, starting from their postures.

Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.

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