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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.

B. B. King

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B. B. King
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: September 16
Died: 2015
Died: May 14
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Pianist
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Berclair
Mississippi
Riley B. King
B.B. King
BB King
Riley Ben King
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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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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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When I was young, I didn't play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I've reached. Think what they might do over time.
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It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
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Notes are expensive... spend them wisely
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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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My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I was nine and a half, but if she had lived I probably wouldn't be trying to play guitar. She wanted me to be known, but as something else. Not a guitar player.
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I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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No one can take it away from you.
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I was born on a plantation, and things weren't so good. We didn't have any money. I never thought of the word 'poor' till I got to be a man, but when you live in a house that you can always peek out of and see what kind of day it is, you're not doing so well. And your restroom is not inside the house.
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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 think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet, your leg. But I believe George Benson is the one that plays all over. To me, he would be the M.D. of them all.
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I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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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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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 don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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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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