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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.

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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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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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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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Notes are expensive... spend them wisely
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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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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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
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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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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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When I was young, I didn't play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I've reached. Think what they might do over time.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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I've always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she's pretty.
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Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
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No one can take it away from you.
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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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I don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.
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