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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.

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.
B. B. KING

Day Music Myself People Price Record Stop
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
B. B. KING

Acceptance Death Heaven Hypocrisy Irony Journey
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
B. B. KING

Hard Music Person Sing
I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
B. B. KING

Better heavy Myself Play Start Way
I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
B. B. KING

Beautiful Lady Life Myself Start Woman
I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
B. B. KING

Cry Guitarist Happy Myself Place Play
I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
B. B. KING

Afford Alcohol Myself Wine
When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
B. B. KING

Children Myself Play Reach Start Time Young
I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
B. B. KING

Believe Care Greatness Ourselves Thinking Treat
I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B. B. KING

Care Humiliate Myself Remember
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
I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
B. B. KING

Divorce Marriage Myself Woman
Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
B. B. KING

Guitar One Liner Play Truth
Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
B. B. KING

Goodness Music Myself Savage Thinking
A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
B. B. KING

Day Learning Myself Wasted Time
A lot of people believe what other people say.
B. B. KING

Believe People Talk

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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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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