The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

Quote by John Lee Hooker

Topics: John Lee Hooker Quotes

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

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

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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.

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 like the small clubs.

I like the small clubs.

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 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...

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

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

My style is all to myself.

My style is all to myself.

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 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...

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 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...