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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.

B. B. King

I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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Blue Call Guitar Man Myself Sing
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
I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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Guess Man Myself Name Old
I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Care Humiliate Myself Remember
Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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Acceptance Evidence Explanation Natural People Problem Religion Universe
A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Believe People Talk
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
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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Connection Guitar Myself Try Voice
God made Blues right after he made woman.
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Creation God Music Woman
The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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Laughter Live Love Music
Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Greatness Guitar Himself World
I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Afford Alcohol Myself Wine
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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Goodness Music Myself Savage Thinking
I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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Count Missing Myself Play
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
I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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Feeling Freedom Lunch Myself Pay Responsibility

Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.

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