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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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I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet, your leg. But I believe George Benson is the one that plays all over. To me, he would be the M.D. of them all.
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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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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Notes are expensive... spend them wisely
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
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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 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 guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
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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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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get 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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Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here
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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 can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
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No one can take it away from you.
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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 don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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