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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

B. B. King

Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
B. B. KING

Black Foundation Taste Water White
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Black Sing Time
I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Care Humiliate Myself Remember
Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Expensive Spent Wisdom
There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
B. B. KING

Creation Myself Sound
Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
B. B. KING

Greatness Guitar Himself World
I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
B. B. KING

Afford Alcohol Myself Wine
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
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
A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
B. B. KING

Day Learning Myself Wasted Time
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.
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Audience Kind Myself Night Personality Time
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
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
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 don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Myself Perspective Steal Thinking
God made Blues right after he made woman.
B. B. KING

Creation God Music Woman

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