B. B. King

When I heard T-Bone, I flat out lost my mind.

I like jazz, rock n’ roll, some hip hop – I can’t think of any music I don’t like.

I always liked the steel guitar. I also love the guys that play the bottleneck. But I could never do it; I never made it do what I want. So every time I would pick up the guitar, I ‘d shake my hand and trill it a bit. For some strange reason my ears would say to me that sounds similar to what those guys were doing. I can’t pick up the guitar now without doing it. So that’s how I got into making my sound. It was nothing pretty. Just trying to please myself. I heard that sound.

My dad died, I think, at 87. So I’ll be lucky if I make 87. But in a lot of cases, the younger people live longer than their parents. And they know more. My dad used to tell me he ate the hog from his rooter to his tooter. So do I when I’m not trying to lose weight.

I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other… I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.

T-Bone was, to me, that sound of being in heaven.

Right now, it’s really about my fans knowing that whatever I believed spiritually at the time is what I believed. I just wouldn’t deliberately lie to them just to save my image.

Do you know how much hate mail I’ve gotten from people who love Mario Kart? … In one day, I managed to ruin half of America’s childhood and mushroom farming everywhere.

If you’re wondering why I was only nominated for three of the categories tonight, it’s because I don’t swallow.

I’ve changed so much. I’m not nearly as cocky as I was, I was a real prat for the first month. I didn’t talk to anyone. I just drank coffee and told everyone I was 24 and this famous theatre actor just back from South Africa.

Frank Sinatra and Stan Getz had been friends of mine, and I wanted to pay tribute to them.

There’s probably not a crew chief out there who hasn’t tried something that seemed like a good idea.

It feels so great to be back on the scene.

Let’s start with the church. As you know, it’s my background, it’s a natural setting for me and it’s definitely my roots.

Left to my own devices, I dress like I’m here to service your aquarium.

I love hearing educated people talk and just shut everyone up. Knowledge is always the loudest voice.

It’s nice having famous people love you.

I’ve been a life-time member of the Black Country community and I’m supporting the Wolverhampton Youth Zone. I think it’s a very welcome and crucial addition to the life of kids in our area.

I don’t think Disney gets enough credit as a director. When people talk about their favourite directors of all time, Disney has some dope movies under his belt too.

Everybody has forgotten about showmanship. People don’t look like rock stars any more. They just look like regular dudes off the street.

The thing is, we’re not extravagant people. It’s just unbelievable the amounts of money we make. But we don’t spend it. It’s too scary to spend it.