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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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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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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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No one can take it away from you.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
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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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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'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here
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It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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 don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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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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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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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues
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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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Playing the guitar is like telling the truth - you never have to worry about repeating the same [lie] if you told the truth. You don't have to pretend, or cover up. If someone asks you again, you don't have to think about it or worry about it because there it is. It's you.
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