Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton. B. B. King cottonforcegrow Change image and share on social
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. B. B. King blueguesskind Change image and share on social
I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember. B. B. King carehavehumiliation Change image and share on social
When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are. B. B. King grindlovemoney Change image and share on social
Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore. B. B. King ailanymoreblue Change image and share on social
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 bigfeelguy share on social
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 attentionbluecountry Change image and share on social
Once in a while, the thumb that fits over the neck of the guitar kinda bothers me a little bit, but not that much yet. I figure in time I won't do much because of my age. B. B. King agebitebother Change image and share on social
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. B. B. King connectguitarsing Change image and share on social
Touring a segregated America - forever being stopped and harassed by white cops hurt you most 'cos you don't realise the damage. You hold it in. You feel empty, like someone reached in and pulled out your guts. You feel hurt and dirty, less than a person. B. B. King americacopcos share on social