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When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.

B. B. King

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.
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Children Love Music People Problem See Shame Yourself
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
Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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Family Hard Time Hurt Myself Necessary People Possible
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
Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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Beautiful Country Leaving Myself People Scene
A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Day Learning Myself Wasted Time
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.
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Ground Money Place Worry Yourself
There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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Creation Myself Sound
Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Herself Love Lying Mom
I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Angry Friendship Myself
I never use that word, retire.
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Myself Retirement Word
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
Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Greatness Guitar Himself World
The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Blood Connection Music Myself
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
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

When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.

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