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 can sing the blues so deep until you can have this room full of money…

Quote by John Lee Hooker

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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 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...

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...

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...

My style is all to myself.

My style is all to myself.

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 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...

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

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

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

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

I've got enough money to live me two lifetimes so I don't have to do...

I've got enough money to live me two lifetimes so I don't have to do...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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'...

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.

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....

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...

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...