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

Quote by John Lee Hooker

Topics: 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.

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and...

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and...

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...

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.

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....

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.

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

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

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...

I like the small clubs.

I like the small clubs.

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...

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

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

Oh, I still like to play and I still play when I want to.

Oh, I still like to play and I still play when I want to.

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...

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'...

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...

They wasn't gonna give you nothin'. I didn't care as long as they let me...

They wasn't gonna give you nothin'. I didn't care as long as they let me...

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.

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 went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and...

I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and...

I hitchhiked, took trucks 'n' trains - anything that would pick me up. I stopped...

I hitchhiked, took trucks 'n' trains - anything that would pick me up. I stopped...