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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.
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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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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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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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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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I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here
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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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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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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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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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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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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No one can take it away from you.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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