"The blues tells a story. Every line of……" — John Lee Hooker
"The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning."
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John Lee Hooker
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37 Quotes by John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker has 37 quotes on this site.
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I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want…
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No matter what you got, the blues is there
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I don't do nothin’ I don't want to do.
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That girl has a special talent
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When I die, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die.
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Ron Thompson, he's my main man!
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I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if…
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I been doing the same things as in my younger days, when I was coming up, and now here I…
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I have heartaches, I have blues. No matter what you got, the blues is there. 'Cause that's all I know…
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If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about…
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They wasn't gonna give you nothin'. I didn't care as long as they let me play my music. Cash on…
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Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.
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More Blues Quotes
This quote is filed under Blues Quotes,
one of 667 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good…
— Russell Baker
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Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.
— Count Basie
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Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.
— Christina Aguilera
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Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I…
— Jeff Bridges
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'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.
— Luke Bryan
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I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to…
— Gary Allan
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The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.
— Nick Cave
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I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music,…
— Nick Cave
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What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth.…
— Ray Charles
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The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my…
— Eric Clapton
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