B. B. King Quotes

I wanted to say to Elvis Presley and the country that this is a real decent, fine boy, and wherever you go, Elvis, we want to say we've never had a pleasanter experience on our show with a big name than we've had with you.

Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.

Elvis a fight the dying light, Johnny Ray he's always crying.

Elvis is everywhere. Elvis is everything. Elvis is everybody. Elvis is still The King.

I owe Elvis my career, and the entire music business owes him it's lifeline.

I learned music listening to Elvis' records. His measurable effect on culture and music was even greater in England than in the States.

ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I had in Memphis, and it was very nice. He sort of treated me like an equal, because we were both fresh in the business. We got to be great friends and kindred souls.

Now I know I understand that it was Sgt. Pepper's Band, that put the sixties into song, where have all the heroes gone?

Elvis Presley was the first and the best. He is my favorite of all time.

Before Elvis, everything was in black and white. Then came Elvis. Zoom, glorious Technicolor.

Elvis is the greatest cultural force in the twentieth century. He introduced the beat to everything, music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution - the 60's comes from it.

He never contributed a damn thing to music. (on Elvis Presley)

when michael jackson died i wonder if his life flashed before him and if it did, i wonder if he thought 'who's that little black kid singing my songs?!'

Everyone likes at least one Elvis song....Me, I love them all. He was, is and will remain the ultimate rock star.

My mom was always a big fan of Elvis. She made me listen to Elvis when I was a kid. I hated it. And I think now I've kind of grown up to fill in some of the sort of controversy that he created back in his day, but in a much more extreme, modern sense.

Probably more than anybody else, I loved Nat 'King' Cole as a performer - not only his singing but his piano playing. Whenever he had a new record come out, I'd get it and try to learn how he was playing. And he was one of the nicest people I'd ever met.

People like Prince don't have to care about anything, but they care because they want music for the future to be great.

The first record I ever listened to was Elvis Presley, and I remember thinking, 'Man this guy is cool!' The swagger he had really helped my confidence, because he really made me think that a white boy could make music like this.

When Elvis came out on stage, it became electric. And the way people responded to him was such that, you know, I never saw that kind of response toward any other performer.

Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits.

People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.

I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a Mozart of rock music.

To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.

Without Elvis none of us could have made it.

Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.