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
I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like. B. B. King hiphopjazz Change image and share on social
Whenever I'm in Kansas City, I think back to all the jazz-blues greats who played the blues here - like Count Basie, Charlie Parker and Jay McShann. I watched those guys jam in different places and heard a lot of things - but I couldn't do what they did. They were too good. B. B. King backbasieblue share on social
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 bookhavehead 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
I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so I liked that. But I had an aunt at that time, my mother's aunt who bought records by people like Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and a few others. B. B. King auntblindblue share on social
'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll. B. B. King agobegincompany share on social
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
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
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
