Top 85 Quotes by B. B. King

About B. B. King

These are some quotes by American author B. B. King Musician, who lived between September 16, 1925 and May 14, 2015.

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

Do I love the road? Honestly? No - but it's how I earn my living. I also don't have the blues, like it's some kind of fever. The blues is my job. It's what I do.

Do I love the road? Honestly? No - but it's how I earn my living. I also don't have the blues, like it's some kind of fever. The blues is my job. It's what I do.

B. B. King

Growing up on the plantation there in Mississippi, I would work Monday through Saturday noon. I'd go to town on Saturday afternoons, sit on the street corner, and I'd sing and play.

Growing up on the plantation there in Mississippi, I would work Monday through Saturday noon. I'd go to town on Saturday afternoons, sit on the street corner, and I'd sing and play.

B. B. King

My last divorce was in '68. What made it come to a head was a promise. See, I had promised her that the next year I wouldn't work as much. But then I got in trouble with the IRS, and I had to continue working just as much to pay the government. So she said I lied, which is something I never did.

B. B. King

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.

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.

B. B. King

If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.

If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.

B. B. King

Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!

Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!

B. B. King

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

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

B. B. King

I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.

I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.

B. B. King

People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.

People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.

B. B. King

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