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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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Riley B. King
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let's get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer
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I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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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Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues
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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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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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There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want to hear 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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I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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