“I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I grew up listening to Cheryl King, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor, and was just always inspired by that sort of organic art, and organic songs and just very natural songwriting that came out of some of those artists.” ThinkingWritingArtFactsArtistSongInterestNaturalListeningGrewKingsGrew UpInspiredGuitarSongwritingWriting SongsPlaying Guitar Author:Kate Voegele
“When you think of blues, all you think about is crying guitar like B.B. King's guitar. You think about someone crying that their woman's gone. And how bad life is and all that. Why can't it be something happy with the blues? Why can't it have a hip-hop beat to which you can do the dances of today?” ThinkingTodayLife IsCan DoGoneCryKingsBeatsGuitarHip HopHipsHopsBad Life Author:Ike Turner
“Ridley Pearson also plays bass guitar and sings with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of such successful authors as Amy Tan, Stephen King, and Dave Barry-a band that, according to Barry, "plays music as well as Metallica writes novels".” WritingWellsMadePlayNovelSuccessfulRocksKingsBandGuitarBottomBassAmyDaveMetallicaBass Guitar Author:Otto Penzler
“When I was around 7 or 8 my Dad took me to a B.B. King recording session, well, that really did it. Huge and lasting impressions. After all that I pretty much knew playing guitar was something I was going to do because I just had to do it. And I did.” WellsHugeKingsDadGuitarMy DadImpressionLastingSessionPlaying GuitarLasting Impressions Author:Billy Gibbons
“B.B. King will be remembered for his impressive skills on the guitar, that King defined the blue genre.” KingsSkillsBlueGuitarDefinedGenreRememberedImpressive Author:Chris Matthews
“He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar.” IfsKingsGuitarLinksRock N RollRumble Author:Pete Townshend