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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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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