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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.

B. B. King

We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
B. B. KING

Care Idol Play Try Yourself
The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
B. B. KING

Appreciation Crowd Myself Name People Treat
I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
B. B. KING

Feeling Freedom Lunch Myself Pay Responsibility
The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
B. B. KING

Laughter Live Love Music
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
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
I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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Better Goodness Guitar Himself Music Myself Play
Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Herself Love Lying Mom
A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
B. B. KING

Day Learning Myself Wasted Time
I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
B. B. KING

Knowledge Man Myself Thinking Wisdom
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.
B. B. KING

Beautiful Country Leaving Myself People Scene
Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Expensive Spent Wisdom
I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Afford Alcohol Myself Wine
Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
B. B. KING

Black Foundation Taste Water White
There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
B. B. KING

Happiness Kind Music Sadness Yourself
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.
B. B. KING

Feeling Good Health Myself People Way

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