When I die, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die. — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . . — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different. — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
I don't like no fancy chords. Just the boogie. The drive. The feeling. A lot of people play fancy but they don't… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
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… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
I never build myself us. I let the people do that. I'm the most laid-back person, and I let them build me… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
I have heartaches, I have blues. No matter what you got, the blues is there. 'Cause that's all I know - the… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share
I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there that needs help that I can't say I won't… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share
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… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share
I have heartaches, I have blues. No matter what you got, the blues is there. 'Cause that's all I know - the blues. And… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share
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… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share
All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them. — John Lee Hooker Copy Share
I been doing the same things as in my younger days, when I was coming up, and now here I am, an old man,… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share
The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different. — John Lee Hooker Copy Share
I'm even afraid to lay down with you at night, because when you go to bed at night, mean woman, you got an ice… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share
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… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share
“One night I was layin' down, I heard Papa talkin' to Mama, I heard Papa say to let that boy boogie-woogie. 'Cause it's in… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share
