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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 licks."

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

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




John Lee Hooker Quotes: "I don't do nothin’ I don't want to do."

I don't do nothin’ I don't want to do.



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune."

I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune.




John Lee Hooker Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . ."

It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . .



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "No matter what you got, the blues is there"

No matter what you got, the blues is there




John Lee Hooker Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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

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



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "I wanna get drunk 'til I'm off my mind. One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer."

I wanna get drunk 'til I'm off my mind. One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones."

In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones.



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "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 pick in your hand."

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 pick in your hand.



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "I don't do nothing I don't want to do."

I don't do nothing I don't want to do.



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "Ron Thompson, he's my main man!"

Ron Thompson, he's my main man!



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "I just get an idea and then all of a sudden I've got a song."

I just get an idea and then all of a sudden I've got a song.



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "That girl has a special talent"

That girl has a special talent



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help them get a start."

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



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em."

Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "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 and I'm gonna get me some money, too."

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 and I'm gonna get me some money, too.



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different."

The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight."

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



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "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 help them."

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 help them.



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "I've got enough money to live me two lifetimes so I don't have to do nothing I don't want to."

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 Quotes: "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."

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

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



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want."

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 Quotes: "I am a happy man. I've had a good life."

I am a happy man. I've had a good life.



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "But I don't want to do no big tours or go out on the road."

But I don't want to do no big tours or go out on the road.



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "My style is all to myself."

My style is all to myself.



John Lee Hooker Quotes: "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 him and it's got to come out."

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 him and it's got to come out.