Quote

I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.

B. B. King

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

B. B. King
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: September 16
Died: 2015
Died: May 14
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Pianist
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Berclair
Mississippi
Riley B. King
B.B. King
BB King
Riley Ben King
Liquor
Afford
Beer
Wine
Politics

More quotes by B. B. King

Image
I've always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she's pretty.
B. B. King
Image
Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
B. B. King
Image
The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don't know how much I appreciate it.
B. B. King
Image
You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
B. B. King
Image
It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
B. B. King
Image
Blues purists never cared for me. I don't worry about it. I think if it this way: When I made 'Three O' Clock Blues,' they were not there. The people out there made the tune. And blues purists just wrote about it. The people is who I'm trying to satisfy.
B. B. King
Image
I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
B. B. King
Image
There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
B. B. King
Image
When I sing, I play in my mind the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
B. B. King
Image
There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
B. B. King
Image
It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
B. B. King
Image
I'm self-taught. But I finally learned that they was having little shows or night dances or whatever you call them at little juke joints not far from where I lived, and I used to go there. They wouldn't let me play inside, but I could sit outside on the weekends, when it wasn't raining or something.
B. B. King
Image
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.
B. B. King
Image
Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues
B. B. King
Image
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 protectors.
B. B. King
Image
I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
B. B. King
Image
I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good - he's rock's #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us
B. B. King
Image
Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
B. B. King
Image
Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here
B. B. King
Image
I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
B. B. King