If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.

B.B. King

I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King

B.B. King

Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.

B.B. King

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

B.B. King

I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.

B.B. King

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.

B.B. King

People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.

B.B. King

A lot of people believe what other people say.

B.B. King

We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.

B.B. King

Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin', too.

B.B. King

I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.

B.B. King

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

B.B. King