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I don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.
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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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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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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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Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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 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'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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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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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues
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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
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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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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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There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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