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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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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'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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When you heard Jimi Hendrix, you knew it was Jimi Hendrix. He introduced himself with his instrument. His attack to a guitar man, was, oh, something else! You think of one of the great American ball players, or one of the great fighters of the world, you know, that's the way he would attack any note on his guitar.
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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money.
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I'm self-taught. But I finally learned that they was having little shows or night dances or whatever you call them at little juke joints not far from where I lived, and I used to go there. They wouldn't let me play inside, but I could sit outside on the weekends, when it wasn't raining or something.
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When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are.
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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good - he's rock's #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life.
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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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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'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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I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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