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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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Mississippi
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
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Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues
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I don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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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've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer
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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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I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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I've always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she's pretty.
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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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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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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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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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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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