I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
B. B. KingWhen I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
B. B. KingI don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
B. B. KingI've known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family liked everyone else but them. That hurts, and that's as deep a hurt as you can possibly get. I've known people that would have problems with their love life. This is kind of how blues began - out of feeling misused, mistreated. Feeling like they had nobody to turn to. Blues don't necessarily have to be sung by a person that came from Mississippi as I did, because there are people having problems all over the world.
B. B. King