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I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.

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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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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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 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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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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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've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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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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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don't know how much I appreciate it.
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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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Playing the guitar is like telling the truth - you never have to worry about repeating the same [lie] if you told the truth. You don't have to pretend, or cover up. If someone asks you again, you don't have to think about it or worry about it because there it is. It's you.
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I don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.
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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 do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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