I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
From B. B. King
I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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.
I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet, your leg. But I believe George Benson is the one that plays all over. To me, he would be the M.D. of them all.
It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
A lot of people believe what other people say.
I never use that word, retire.
If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.'
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.
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