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.

Quote by John Lee Hooker

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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.

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 like the small clubs.

I like the small clubs.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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 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...

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...

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.

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....

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 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...

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

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

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...

My style is all to myself.

My style is all to myself.

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...