B. B. King Quotes About Singing

Quotes about: Singing

• When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.

  B. B. King

  Play, Mind, Singing

• 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

  Guitar, Talking, Two

  "BB King at 87: the last of the great bluesmen" by Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2012.

• Singing about your sadness unburdens your soul. But the blues hollers shouted about more than being sad. They were also delivering messages in musical code. If the master was coming, you might sing a hidden warning to the other field hands . . . The blues could warn you what was coming. I could see the blues was about survival.

  B. B. King

  Sadness, Hands, Being Sad

• The early years when I was starting, blues player, you wasn't always welcome in a lot of the other places. People usually have preconceived ideas about blues music. They always feel that it's depressing and that it's just something that a guy sit out on a stool, grab a guitar, and just start singing or mumbling or whatever.

  B. B. King

  Depressing, Player, Guitar

  Source: blankonblank.org

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