You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop and go for the blues. The blues go but it don't stop.

Quote by John Lee Hooker

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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....

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...

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 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 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...

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 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 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 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...

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'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...

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...

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 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 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...

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

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

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.