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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.

~B. B. King

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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.

~B. B. King

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I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.

~B. B. King

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I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.

~B. B. King

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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money.

~B. B. King

Topics: Bank Blues Borrow Down Dress Going Good Like Money People Singer Want You

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I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet, your leg. But I believe George Benson is the one that plays all over. To me, he would be the M.D. of them all.

~B. B. King

Topics: Believe Doctor Doctors Feet George Guitar Guitar Players He Heart Leg Me Over Players Plays Terms Them Then Think Works Would You Your I Think I Believe

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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

Topics: Always Asleep Else Everybody Everybody Else Had Harder Like Nights Other People Play Room Scales Seems Sit Than Those Trying Work You Your

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I never use that word, retire.

~B. B. King

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If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.

~B. B. King

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When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.'

~B. B. King

Topics: Attention Blues Country Just Me Much Much Attention Nobody Pay People Play Say Seemed Singer Too Too Much Trying Used

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: September 16th, 1925

Died: May 14th, 2015

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