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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
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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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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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
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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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I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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 guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
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When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are.
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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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