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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.

B. B. King

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
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.
B. B. KING

Hard Work Room Scale Sleep Try
May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
B. B. KING

Day Forever Live Myself
I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
B. B. KING

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!
B. B. KING

Death God Leaving Myself Prayer Sleep Stage Way
I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
B. B. KING

Better heavy Myself Play Start Way
You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
B. B. KING

Life Missing Yourself
It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
B. B. KING

Instrument Music Myself Play Style Way
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
B. B. KING

Black Sing Time
I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
B. B. KING

Children Myself Yourself
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
B. B. KING

Hard Music Person Sing
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.
B. B. KING

Day Music Myself People Price Record Stop
The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
B. B. KING

Blood Connection Music Myself
I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
B. B. KING

Divorce Marriage Myself Woman
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.
B. B. KING

Family Growth Man Myself Stand Teaching
I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
B. B. KING

Knowledge Man Myself Thinking Wisdom

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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