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… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
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 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 Image
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 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 - on… — 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 blues. And… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
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 Image
All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them. — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
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 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'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 Image
