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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.

B. B. King

If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
B. B. KING

People Song Way Yourself
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 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
Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Herself Love Lying Mom
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
I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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Audience Kind Myself Night Personality Time
I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Afford Alcohol Myself Wine
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
A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
B. B. KING

Day Learning Myself Wasted Time
May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
B. B. KING

Day Forever Live Myself
Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
B. B. KING

Greatness Guitar Himself World
Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
B. B. KING

Friendship Music Myself
Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
B. B. KING

Expensive Spent Wisdom
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’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
B. B. KING

Divorce Marriage Myself Woman
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

Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.

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