B. B. King

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

— B. B. King

#anybody #friends #i #like #me

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

— B. B. King

#i #king #look #man #me

I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords. ↗

— B. B. King

#good #horrible #i

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

— B. B. King

#blues #i #married #most #rather

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

— B. B. King

#find #get #people #songs #way

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

#blues #borrow #down #dress #going

It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales. ↗

— B. B. King

#asleep #else #everybody #everybody else #had

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

— B. B. King

#big brother #blues #brother #college #going

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

— B. B. King

#loves #me #mother #nobody #she

The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't. ↗

— B. B. King

#cds #come #concerts #feel #good