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
wine beer politics
I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
done want sound
There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done
lunch pay way
I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
kings men names
I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
christian django play
Charlie Christian had no more impact on my playing than Django Reinhardt or Lonnie Johnson. I just wanted to play like him. I wanted to play like all of them. All of these people were important to me. I couldn't play like any of them, though ...
world my-favorite kenny
Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
believe people
A lot of people believe what other people say.
singers married being-married
I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer
missing knows
You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life.
young performing kicks
I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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.
chords horrible
I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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.
nice men guitar
My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her to Symphony Hall, and the orchestra was playing. When the show started, the spotlight was sharp on this one man (Andres Segovia) and he had sombrero on and his guitar propped up like this and, oh man ... he was a master ! - I really heard it. That one guitar sounded like a whole orchestra to me.