All John Lee Hooker Quotes
- 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… Fancy
- The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning. Blues
- No matter what you got, the blues is there Blues
- I don't do nothin’ I don't want to do. Funny
- That girl has a special talent Girl
- When I die, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die. Blues
- Ron Thompson, he's my main man! Funny
- I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want. Baseball
- 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… Been
- I have heartaches, I have blues. No matter what you got, the blues is there. 'Cause that's all I know - the blues. And I… All
- 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… Back Now
- 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… Care
- Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em. All
- I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune. Stay Strong
- 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… Backing
- It don't take me no three days to record no album. Album
- The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different. Blues
- My style is all to myself. All
- 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.… Blues
- Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight. Corporations
- I wanna get drunk 'til I'm off my mind. One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer. Alcohol
- I just get an idea and then all of a sudden I've got a song. All
- I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help them get a start. Club
- I've got enough money to live me two lifetimes so I don't have to do nothing I don't want to. Enough Money
- 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… Big