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I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

B. B. King

I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Myself Perspective Steal Thinking
I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Connection Emotional Guitar Human
Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
B. B. KING

Black Foundation Taste Water White
I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Children Myself Yourself
Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Education Oneself Yourself
God made Blues right after he made woman.
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Creation God Music Woman
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
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
Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
B. B. KING

Acceptance Evidence Explanation Natural People Problem Religion Universe
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
I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Knowledge Man Myself Thinking Wisdom
The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Beginning Mom Music Source
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
Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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Guitar One Liner Play Truth
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
B. B. KING

Blue Call Guitar Man Myself Sing
I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
B. B. KING

Count Missing Myself Play

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