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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer
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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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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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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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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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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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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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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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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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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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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