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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
B. B. King
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B. B. King
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: September 16
Died: 2015
Died: May 14
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Hard times don't necessarily mean being poor all the time. I've known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that's as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
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I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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When I sing, I play in my mind the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer
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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I'd go back next Saturday.
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Playing the guitar is like telling the truth - you never have to worry about repeating the same [lie] if you told the truth. You don't have to pretend, or cover up. If someone asks you again, you don't have to think about it or worry about it because there it is. It's you.
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I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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.
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Blues purists never cared for me. I don't worry about it. I think if it this way: When I made 'Three O' Clock Blues,' they were not there. The people out there made the tune. And blues purists just wrote about it. The people is who I'm trying to satisfy.
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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You'll have to figure that out for yourself!
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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don't know how much I appreciate it.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
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