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John Lee Hooker Quotes


Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep at nights. Your mind is on her - on whatever. You know, that's the blues. You can't hug that money at night. You can't kiss it.

My style is all to myself.

Oh, I still like to play and I still play when I want to.

Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.

The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.

They wasn't gonna give you nothin'. I didn't care as long as they let me play my music. Cash on the spot... You cheat me and I'm gonna get me some money, too.

You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop and go for the blues. The blues go but it don't stop.