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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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B. B. King
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: September 16
Died: 2015
Died: May 14
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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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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.
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I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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'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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I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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'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'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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