The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.

Quote by John Lee Hooker

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I like the small clubs.

I like the small clubs.

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

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

My style is all to myself.

My style is all to myself.

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'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...

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 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 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...

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....

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

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

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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 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...

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....