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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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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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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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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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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 don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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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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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.
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Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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When you heard Jimi Hendrix, you knew it was Jimi Hendrix. He introduced himself with his instrument. His attack to a guitar man, was, oh, something else! You think of one of the great American ball players, or one of the great fighters of the world, you know, that's the way he would attack any note on his guitar.
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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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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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 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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