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No one can take it away from you.
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 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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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When I sing, I play in my mind the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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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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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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Blues purists never cared for me. I don't worry about it. I think if it this way: When I made 'Three O' Clock Blues,' they were not there. The people out there made the tune. And blues purists just wrote about it. The people is who I'm trying to satisfy.
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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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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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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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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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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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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don't know how much I appreciate it.
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I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so I liked that. But I had an aunt at that time, my mother's aunt, who bought records by people like Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and a few others.
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