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

Quote by John Lee Hooker

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or...

I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or...

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there...

I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there...

Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep...

Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep...

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.

I remember back in Detroit, I used to go to the Apex Bar every night...

I remember back in Detroit, I used to go to the Apex Bar every night...

If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold...

If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold...

My style is all to myself.

My style is all to myself.

I have heartaches, I have blues. No matter what you got, the blues is there....

I have heartaches, I have blues. No matter what you got, the blues is there....

In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol'...

In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol'...

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

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

You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe....

You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe....

I like the small clubs.

I like the small clubs.

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

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

I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The...

I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The...