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
B. B. King quotes about
great job kevin team
Kevin did a great job tonight. He gutted it out there at the end for us. It was a great team win.
something-new
A day that I don't learn something new is a wasted day.
laughing three hopefully
The blues are three L's - living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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.
one-thing
Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
cds long people
The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't.
kings cutting guitar
I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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.
singers married being-married
I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer
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.
kings play guy
I'd rather be B.B. King. That's the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other ... I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
depressing player guitar
The early years when I was starting, blues player, you wasn't always welcome in a lot of the other places. People usually have preconceived ideas about blues music. They always feel that it's depressing and that it's just something that a guy sit out on a stool, grab a guitar, and just start singing or mumbling or whatever.