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Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues
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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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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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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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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I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
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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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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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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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