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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.

B. B. King

I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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Entertainment Myself Sing Try
Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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Family Growth Man Myself Stand Teaching
I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Myself Perspective Steal Thinking
Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Blood Brother Music Myself
Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Expensive Spent Wisdom
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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Animal Help Nature Need Ourselves Planet Protect World
Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Education Oneself Yourself
I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Knowledge Man Myself Thinking Wisdom
I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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Audience Kind Myself Night Personality Time
Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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Blue Himself Love Unique
I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
B. B. KING

Feeling Freedom Lunch Myself Pay Responsibility
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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Happiness Kind Music Sadness Yourself
If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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People Song Way Yourself
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
B. B. KING

Black Sing Time
May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
B. B. KING

Day Forever Live Myself
I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
B. B. KING

Cry Guitarist Happy Myself Place Play

May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.

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