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It don't take me no three day...

It don't take me no three days to record no album.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

The blues tells a story. Ever...

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

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

I don't like no fancy chords....

I don't like no fancy chords. Just the boogie. The drive. The feeling. A lot of people play fancy but they don't have no style. It's a deep feeling-you just can't stop listening to that sad blues sound. My sound.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

Poor people have the blues be...

Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on to their money and everything they have.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

I been doing the same things ...

I been doing the same things as in my younger days, when I was coming up, and now here I am, an old man, up there in the charts. And I say, well, what happened? Have they just thought up the real John Lee Hooker, is that it? And I think, well, I won't tell nobody else! I can't help but wonder what happened.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

When I die, they'll bury the ...

When I die, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

The one thing the blues don't...

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.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

All my life I been doin' what...

All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

I don't play a lot of fancy g...

I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want to play is mean, mean licks.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

I hitchhiked, took trucks 'n'...

I hitchhiked, took trucks 'n' trains - anything that would pick me up. I stopped in Memphis for about six months and they found me and come got me. Stayed about a month an' split again.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

I never build myself us. I le...

I never build myself us. I let the people do that. I'm the most laid-back person, and I let them build me up. If you ask me, I say, 'I''m just a guy playin' some blues.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

If they played more blues, pe...

If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

You can go to Europe, and the...

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.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

Like you and your woman ain't...

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.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

I remember back in Detroit, I...

I remember back in Detroit, I used to go to the Apex Bar every night after I got off work. The bartender there used to call me Boom Boom. I don't know why, but he did.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

I like dropping into a small ...

I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help them get a start.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

I've got enough money to live...

I've got enough money to live me two lifetimes so I don't have to do nothing I don't want to.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

I went on to Cincinnati. I ha...

I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until I was about 18 or 19 and then I went on to Detroit.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

Groups are corporations now. ...

Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

I want to play music when I w...

I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want.

John Lee Hooker 67 quotes

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