B. B King Quotes B. B King I started to like blues, I guess, when I was about 6 or 7 years old. There was something about it, because nobody else played that kind of music. Blues Kind Music Nobody Old Something Years
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.' B. B King
What don't I want to learn? I have how-to books, history, nature. Ain't nobody here saying, 'You'd better learn this.' But I still think I've got a head on my shoulders, and it pleases me. 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
I've been a loner all the time throughout my life… I haven't been the best father… Many times… my children have accused me of not giving them enough attention. And, frankly, I never have been good at handling that. B. B King
My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess – she died when I was nine and a half, but if she had lived, I probably wouldn't be trying to play guitar. She wanted me to be known, but as something else. Not a guitar player. B. B King
I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people. B. B King
Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore. B. B King
I grew up doing a lot of traveling. My mom left home when she was 15 and traveled to 48 different countries and speaks six different languages. So I grew up with my eyes open. She raised me so that if my heart says something is wrong, I have to go help. What's right is right and what's wrong is wrong. Qorianka Kilcher
The Eurasian union is a project meant to preserve the identities of nations and the historic Eurasian community in the new century, in a new world. Vladimir Putin
Reactionary movements can't sustain themselves unless they find something new to catch and burn on. Nora K. Jemisin
If I wouldn't have found Courtney, I probably would have carried on with a bisexual lifestyle. Kurt Cobain