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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.

B. B. King

Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Education Oneself Yourself
May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Day Forever Live Myself
I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Myself Perspective Steal Thinking
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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Care Idol Play Try Yourself
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
Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
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Brother College Learning Man Music Myself Play
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
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
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
Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Black Foundation Taste Water White
It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
B. B. KING

Contribution Himself Music People Realization
And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Death Music People Problem
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Hard Music Person Sing
The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
B. B. KING

Children Love Music People Problem See Shame Yourself
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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Children Myself Yourself
Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Friendship Music Myself
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.
B. B. KING

Ground Money Place Worry 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
Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Herself Love Lying Mom
I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Goodness Horrible Music Myself
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
I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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Divorce Marriage Myself Woman
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
If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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People Song Way Yourself
The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Beginning Mom Music Source
Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
B. B. KING

Joint Money Myself Time

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