B. B. King
B. B. King
Riley B. King, known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer, electric guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. King introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that influenced many later electric blues guitarists...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth16 September 1925
CountryUnited States of America
money men house
I was born on a plantation, and things weren't so good. We didn't have any money. I never thought of the word 'poor' till I got to be a man, but when you live in a house that you can always peek out of and see what kind of day it is, you're not doing so well. And your restroom is not inside the house.
young performing kicks
I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
kings men names
I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
believe people
A lot of people believe what other people say.
men guitar singers
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
worry loved-ones where-you-are
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.
thinking worry people
Blues purists never cared for me. I don't worry about it. I think if it this way: When I made 'Three O' Clock Blues,' they were not there. The people out there made the tune. And blues purists just wrote about it. The people is who I'm trying to satisfy.
guitar hands play
I always liked the steel guitar. I also love the guys that play the bottleneck. But I could never do it; I never made it do what I want. So every time I would pick up the guitar, I'd shake my hand and trill it a bit. For some strange reason my ears would say to me that sounds similar to what those guys were doing. I can't pick up the guitar now without doing it. So that's how I got into making my sound. It was nothing pretty. Just trying to please myself. I heard that sound.
play mind singing
When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
world my-favorite kenny
Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
guitar telling-the-truth playing-guitar
Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
education teacher knowledge
No one can take it away from you.
unique pity
Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.
sadness hands soul
Singing about your sadness unburdens your soul. But the blues hollers shouted about more than being sad. They were also delivering messages in musical code. If the master was coming, you might sing a hidden warning to the other field hands . . . The blues could warn you what was coming. I could see the blues was about survival.