I always liked the steel guitar. I also love the guys that play the bottleneck. But I could never do it; I never made it do what I want. So every time I would pick up the guitar, I'd shake my hand and trill it a bit. For some strange reason my ears would say to me that sounds similar to what those guys were doing. I can't pick up the guitar now without doing it. So that's how I got into making my sound. It was nothing pretty. Just trying to please myself. I heard that sound.
I was born on a plantation, and things weren't so good. We didn't have any money. I never thought of the word 'poor' till I got to be a man, but when… - B. B. King
I was born on a plantation, and things weren't so good. We didn't have any money. I never thought of the word 'poor' till I got to be a man, but when…
- B. B. King
A lot of times I say to myself, "I wished I could be worthy of all the compliments that people give me sometimes." I'm not inventing anything that's … - B. B. King
A lot of times I say to myself, "I wished I could be worthy of all the compliments that people give me sometimes." I'm not inventing anything that's …
I'd rather be B.B. King. That's the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other ... I try to do what I do… - B. B. King
I'd rather be B.B. King. That's the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other ... I try to do what I do…
You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll. - B. B. King
You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there! - B. B. King
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
The blues are three L's - living , loving and hopefully, laughing. - B. B. King
The blues are three L's - living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its p… - B. B. King
We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its p…
You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life. - B. B. King
You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life.
Playing guitar is like telling the truth. - B. B. King
Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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