“Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with song...” — B. B. King Quote

“Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do, and then just go for it.”

“When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.”

“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.”

“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.”

“In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions - one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.”

“If I'm going to do something, I might as well go for it.”

“If you want to be in the world I live in, which is a creative world with new ideas, then you've got to get away from the norm. You've got to go for it.”

“I just wanted to be around a positive organization that's used to winning and plays the game the right way. Milwaukee, they're not used to winning. I just wasn't going to go for it at the end of my career.”

“If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.”

“I liked 'Scream of the Banshee' because it was a real challenge. I thought, 'How am I going to pull off this character?' But, I also thought, 'Oh, man, I'm going to go for it.' He's got all the defects of character that an actor loves to play. So, I had a really great time.”

“Life really is short, and you just have to go for it.”