“I started to like blues, I guess, when I was about 6 or 7 years old. T...” — B. B. King Quote

“I started to like blues, I guess, when I was about 6 or 7 years old. There was something about it, because nobody else played that kind of music.”

“I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone other than myself. There are a few people that I've wished I could play like, but when I tried, it didn't work.”

“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.”

“If my fans want to do something for me when that time comes, I say, don't waste your money on me. Help the homeless. Help the needy... people who don't have no food... Instead of some big funeral, where they come from here and there and all over. Save it.”

“I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.”

“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.”

“Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?”

“Making music is like shopping for me. Every song is like a new pair of shoes.”

“The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.”

“I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music.”

“Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.”

“Music has an intrinsic meaning, which has always been mysterious to me.”