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I never use that word, retire.

B. B. King

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.
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Day Music Myself People Price Record Stop
Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Expensive Spent Wisdom
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.
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Appreciation Crowd Myself Name People Treat
Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Herself Love Lying Mom
Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Education Oneself Yourself
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
And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Death Music People Problem
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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Care Idol Play Try Yourself
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
You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Death Goodness Time Live Yourself
I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Afford Alcohol Myself Wine
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Black Sing Time
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.
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Happiness Kind Music Sadness Yourself
Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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Acceptance Evidence Explanation Natural People Problem Religion Universe
I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Angry Friendship Myself
Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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Blue Himself Love Unique

I never use that word, retire.

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