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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
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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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No one can take it away from you.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
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You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life.
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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'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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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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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 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 do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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