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

Quote by John Lee Hooker

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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 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...

I like the small clubs.

I like the small clubs.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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....

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.