Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight. John Lee Hooker Read Quote
I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want. John Lee Hooker Read Quote
If they played more blues, people would just get it – they try to hold it back but just about can’t hold it back now because the blues is really going. John Lee Hooker Read Quote
Like you and your woman ain’t gettin’ along and you’re in love. You can’t sleep at nights. Your mind is on her – on whatever. You know, that’s the blues. You can’t hug that money at night. You can’t kiss it. John Lee Hooker Read Quote
The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different. John Lee Hooker Read Quote
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. John Lee Hooker Read Quote
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. John Lee Hooker Read Quote
