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
done good-times died
You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
song kids boys
I remember Elvis as a young man hanging around the Sun Studios. Even then, I knew this kid had a tremendous talent. He was a dynamic young boy. His phraseology, his way of looking at a song, was as unique as Sinatra's. I was a tremendous fan, and had Elvis lived, there would have been no end to his inventiveness.
being-yourself night law
I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
forever may live-forever
May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
sadness want kind
There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
laughing three hopefully
The blues are three L's - living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
something-new
A day that I don't learn something new is a wasted day.
music guitar old-friends
A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
people long problem
And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
music workout black
I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
made
God made Blues right after he made woman.
love inspirational life
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
county great time
It's a great time for Rowan County with what's going on in Kannapolis ... the biotech project.
infectious isolated nine school stay students sure
What we're doing right now is working with our school officials, making sure students are isolated and stay out of school during the infectious period, which is nine days.