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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I was nine and a half, but if she had lived I probably wouldn't be trying to play guitar. She wanted me to be known, but as something else. Not a guitar player.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
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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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Hard times don't necessarily mean being poor all the time. I've known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that's as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues
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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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