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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.

B. B. King

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
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Black Sing Time
The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
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Feeling Good Health Myself People Way
You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Death Goodness Time Live Yourself
Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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Joint Money Myself Time
I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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Day Music Myself People Price Record Stop
It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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Hard Work Room Scale Sleep Try
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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Life Missing Yourself
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
The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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Laughter Live Love Music
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Beautiful Inspirational Learning Motivational Yourself
I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Care Humiliate Myself Remember
I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Connection Emotional Guitar Human
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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Death God Leaving Myself Prayer Sleep Stage Way
I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Myself Perspective Steal Thinking
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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.

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