Quote

Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let's get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.

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
Think
Savage
Thinking
Savages
Beast
Everybody
Music
Wells
Soothes
Well
Soothe
Good
Beasts

More quotes by B. B. King

Image
No one can take it away from you.
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
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
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
I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
B. B. King
Image
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 you live in a house that you can always peek out of and see what kind of day it is, you're not doing so well. And your restroom is not inside the house.
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
When I was young, I didn't play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I've reached. Think what they might do over time.
B. B. King
Image
I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer
B. B. King
Image
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
B. B. King
Image
Hard times don't necessarily mean being poor all the time. I've known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that's as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
B. B. King
Image
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
B. B. King
Image
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, or cover up. If someone asks you again, you don't have to think about it or worry about it because there it is. It's you.
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
You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life.
B. B. King
Image
I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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
I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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
I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
B. B. King