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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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 liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so I liked that. But I had an aunt at that time, my mother's aunt, who bought records by people like Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and a few others.
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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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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
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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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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 I sing, I play in my mind the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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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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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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Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.
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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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I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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 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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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
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