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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!

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 no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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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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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I'd go back next Saturday.
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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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Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here
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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'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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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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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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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 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 don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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Blues purists never cared for me. I don't worry about it. I think if it this way: When I made 'Three O' Clock Blues,' they were not there. The people out there made the tune. And blues purists just wrote about it. The people is who I'm trying to satisfy.
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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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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 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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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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