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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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B. B. King
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: September 16
Died: 2015
Died: May 14
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Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here
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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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Notes are expensive... spend them wisely
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When you heard Jimi Hendrix, you knew it was Jimi Hendrix. He introduced himself with his instrument. His attack to a guitar man, was, oh, something else! You think of one of the great American ball players, or one of the great fighters of the world, you know, that's the way he would attack any note on his guitar.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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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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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 guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
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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 do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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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 don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.
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I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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