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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.

B. B. King

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

Entertainment Myself Sing Try
The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Blood Connection Music Myself
Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
B. B. KING

Guitar One Liner Play Truth
Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
B. B. KING

Blood Brother Music Myself
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.
B. B. KING

Family Hard Time Hurt Myself Necessary People Possible
I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
B. B. KING

Feeling Love Passion Performance Show
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
B. B. KING

Hard Music Person Sing
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
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
I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
B. B. KING

Connection Emotional Guitar Human
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.
B. B. KING

Audience Kind Myself Night Personality Time
You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
B. B. KING

Death Goodness Time Live Yourself
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
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.
B. B. KING

Children Myself Yourself

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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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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