#us

I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed. ↗

— B. B. King

#black #blues #both #counts #having

The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn't know how other people would take it. ↗

— B. B. King

#ashamed #bit #blues #child #family

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

— B. B. King

#anything #borrow #i #steals #think

I never use that word, retire. ↗

— B. B. King

#never #retire #use #word

When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are. ↗

— B. B. King

#just #know #loved #loved ones #money

At that time, we were in charge. We didn't ask. We just did. We just did what was in our heart. ↗

— Ben E. King

#charge #did #heart #just #our

If there's anything about the business that I love and that I'm extremely happy about, is that my career started at that time and that I met some of the greatest entertainers at that time and some are still here. ↗

— Ben E. King

#anything #business #career #entertainers #extremely

It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing. ↗

— Ben E. King

#dawned #life #me #money #my life

Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist. ↗

— Ben E. King

#associated #aware #ben #called #course