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God made Blues right after he made woman.

B. B. King

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
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 tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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Connection Guitar Myself Try Voice
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
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Black Sing Time
Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Education Oneself Yourself
I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Care Humiliate Myself Remember
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
I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Knowledge Man Myself Thinking Wisdom
I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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Guess Man Myself Name Old
Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Friendship Music Myself
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!
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Cry Guitarist Happy Myself Place Play
God made Blues right after he made woman.
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Creation God Music Woman
When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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Mindset Myself Oral Play Sing
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.
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Family Hard Time Hurt Myself Necessary People Possible
A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Day Learning Myself Wasted Time

God made Blues right after he made woman.

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