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B. B King Quotes

Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.

Anymore Blue Blues Play Then Tonic Whatever You

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When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they start calling people my age, 18, up, I was one they called.

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