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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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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I'd go back next Saturday.
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Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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