My style is all to myself.

Quote by John Lee Hooker

Topics: John Lee Hooker Quotes

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....

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 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...

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 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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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....

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.

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...

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 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...

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 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...