B. B. King

“I can't think of a day in my life when I haven't heard the blues.”

“The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family.”

“Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college.”

“I never use a pick. I just use my fingers.”

“The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.”

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

“Playing the guitar is like telling the truth – you never have to worry about repeating the same lie if you told the truth. You don’t have to pretend.”

“I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.”

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

“I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.”

“I don't like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way.”

“I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on that, but he and I both could feel the blues.”

“I look at an audience and I see what they do with their eyes. I see what they do with their palms and I see if they're moving their bodies.”

“I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.”

“I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.”