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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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Berclair
Mississippi
Riley B. King
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My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I was nine and a half, but if she had lived I probably wouldn't be trying to play guitar. She wanted me to be known, but as something else. Not a guitar player.
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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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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 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 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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Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues
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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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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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No one can take it away from you.
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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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I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
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I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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