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

Quote by John Lee Hooker

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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...

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.

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.

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'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...

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 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...

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

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

I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help...

I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help...

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 like the small clubs.

I like the small clubs.

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'...

My style is all to myself.

My style is all to myself.

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

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

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...

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

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

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 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 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....