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The minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.

~B. B. King

Topics: Lucille Minute Playing Sing Singing Start Stop

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Growing up on the plantation there in Mississippi, I would work Monday through Saturday noon. I'd go to town on Saturday afternoons, sit on the street corner, and I'd sing and play.

~B. B. King

Topics: Afternoon Corner Go Growing Growing Up Mississippi Monday Noon Plantation Play Saturday Sing Sit Street Through Town Up Work Would

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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.

~B. B. King

Topics: About Any Audition Before Better Concern Concerned Concert Developed Each Each Time First First Time Get Going Head In-Laws Just Last Last Time Like Meeting More Nervous Never Onstage People Played Still Than Think Time You Your I Think

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I almost chopped my thumb off once. Just before I left home, I was about ten or eleven years old, and I was trying to open a bone. Can you imagine that? A bone! I was trying to get the marrow out of a bone, and I took the ax, and I went to chop it, and something slipped, and the ax went right down there and damn near cut it off.

~B. B. King

Topics: About Almost Ax Before Bone Chop Chopped Cut Damn Down Eleven Get Home Imagine Just Left Marrow Near Off Old Once Open Out Right Something Ten Thumb Took Trying Years You

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I'm more careful about my hands than about what I eat and most anything else, because my hands have been my living. My hands have been able to help me learn. My hands have taken me around the world. So I'm very proud of my hands.

~B. B. King

Topics: Able About Anything Anything Else Around Because Been Careful Eat Else Hands Help Learn Living Me More Most Proud Taken Than Very World

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I tell my children now that they are older, 'If something happens to me... don't make no big fuss over me. Don't make no big expense on my funeral. Don't put any pressure on the rest of the family. I've loved everybody, and I hope they loved me. But don't create this big expense for the family.'

~B. B. King

Topics: Any Big Children Create Everybody Expense Family Funeral Fuss Happens Hope Loved Make Me Now Older Over Pressure Put Rest Something Tell

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I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.

~B. B. King

Topics: Black Blues Both Counts Having Like Missed Never Noticed Playing Ray Said Stevie Twice

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I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.

~B. B. King

Topics: Anybody Anything Borrow Steals Think Us

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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

Topics: Buy Come Concerts Feel Good Handle Health Keep Like Long Myself People Playing Still Today Until Way Well I Feel I Can Cds I Feel Like

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Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin', too.

~B. B. King

Topics: Could Loves Me Mother Nobody She Too

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: September 16th, 1925

Died: May 14th, 2015

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