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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

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
Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Expensive Spent Wisdom
I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Afford Alcohol Myself Wine
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
Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Herself Love Lying Mom
God made Blues right after he made woman.
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Creation God Music Woman
The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
B. B. KING

Children Love Music People Problem See Shame Yourself
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
B. B. KING

Black Sing Time
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
A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
B. B. KING

Friendship Guitar Myself Old
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.
B. B. KING

Hard Work Room Scale Sleep Try
I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
B. B. KING

Knowledge Man Myself Thinking Wisdom
The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
B. B. KING

Beginning Mom Music Source
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 way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
B. B. KING

Feeling Good Health Myself People Way
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

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