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
garden animal needs
We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
care remember humiliation
I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
notes expensive
Notes are expensive... spend them wisely
use retiring
I never use that word, retire.
thinking men knows
I don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.
music being-yourself idols
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
one-thing
Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
years people realizing
It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
music nice guy
I did several shows with Jimi Hendrix, that's when I got to know him better, I knew of him, I met him [when he was playing] with Little Richard... And he was kind of quiet, shy, he didn't open up too much, but there were questions as we all ask each other. You know, "how do you do this" and "why do you do that..." We had very small discussions on things like that. And he was very polite, I thought [he was] a very nice guy...
brother school college
Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
sleep leaving way
When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You'll have to figure that out for yourself!
missing knows
You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life.
people want singers
If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money.
brother kings blood
Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues