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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

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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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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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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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
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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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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
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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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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 can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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 do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues
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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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 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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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