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.

Quote by B B King

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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself...

We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself...

I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray...

I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray...

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

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

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

The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family....

The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family....

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we...

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we...

Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music.

Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age

Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after...

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after...

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of...

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of...

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in...

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in...

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.