B. B. King Quotes

I'm more careful about my hands than about what I eat and most anything else, because my hands have been my living. My hands have been able to help me learn. My hands have taken me around the world. So I'm very proud of my hands.

B. B. King

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015

Topics

MeWorldProudLearnHelpHands

The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice.

John Dos Passos

WorkWorldGenerationBetterView

I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

Tony Kushner

PoliticsManFeelGayDetermined

I took classical piano for a couple of years, but I sort of lost interest - I couldn't read a note today if I tried. I still enjoy that stuff, and I think I naturally gravitate towards the classical licks; in fact, I know that I do. I gravitate towards the classical licks that I heard by famous old composers.

Tom Scholz

TodayThinkFamousEnjoyLostKnow

I don't get jealous - I get suspicious.

Rita Ora

JealousGetSuspicious

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.

Ronald Reagan

SomeoneYouBackGoWillWay

Some artists are bound to an image: Bob Marley has dreadlocks, Matisyahu has a beard. But that's a reminder that the whole thing is not about style. It's about music.

Matisyahu

MusicStyleBeardImageArtists

To me, when you're at a hotel, and your home environment is ultimately dictated by somebody else, I always find that a little bit oppressive and scary in a way. Especially if it's not done well or not run well.

Matt Bomer

HomeMeHotelEnvironmentYouFind

But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.

Rowan Atkinson

BetterFeelAlwaysWhateverCould

I think a lot of bands are influenced by religious symbolism and not even necessarily Christianity or Catholicism.

Chino Moreno

ThinkSymbolismChristianityEven

'Hamlet' was the first movie I saw. In 1948, my mother said, 'I'm going to take you to see 'Hamlet' with Laurence Olivier.' She was worried about taking me to it because she wasn't sure I was old enough to understand it or to maybe be adversely affected by it, but I got recordings of it and memorized all the soliloquies.

Christopher Lloyd

MotherMeEnoughYouUnderstandShe

If stores and vendors know there is a demand for organic products, they will make them. The more they make, the more the cost comes down.

Constance Marie

DownKnowWillMoreCostProducts

Amazon may be the most beguiling company that ever existed, and it is just getting started. It is both missionary and mercenary... That has always been a potent combination.

Brad Stone

Getting StartedCompanyAlwaysMay

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