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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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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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It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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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I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
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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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No one can take it away from you.
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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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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 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 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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let's get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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Notes are expensive... spend them wisely
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