They wasn't gonna give you nothin'. I didn't care as long as they let me play my music. Cash on the spot... You cheat me and I'm gonna get me some money, too.

Quote by John Lee Hooker

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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...

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.

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 like the small clubs.

I like the small clubs.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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'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...

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...

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 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...

My style is all to myself.

My style is all to myself.

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...

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.

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 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...