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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
Riley B. King
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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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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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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
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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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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 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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let's get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
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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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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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