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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

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 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
There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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Creation Myself Sound
Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
B. B. KING

Brother College Learning Man Music Myself Play
The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Blood Connection Music Myself
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.
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Beautiful Country Leaving Myself People Scene
Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Blood Brother Music Myself
I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Afford Alcohol Myself Wine
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.
B. B. KING

Family Growth Man Myself Stand Teaching
May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
B. B. KING

Day Forever Live Myself
We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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Animal Help Nature Need Ourselves Planet Protect World
It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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Contribution Himself Music People Realization
I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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Divorce Marriage Myself Woman
Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Black Foundation Taste Water White
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

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