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John Lee Hooker quotes: 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.

John Lee Hooker quotes: I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there that needs help that I can't say I won't help them.

I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there that needs help that I can't say I won't help them.

John Lee Hooker quotes: I am a happy man. I've had a good life.

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

John Lee Hooker quotes: I'm even afraid to lay down with you at night, because when you go to bed at night, mean woman, you got an ice pick in your hand.

I'm even afraid to lay down with you at night, because when you go to bed at night, mean woman, you got an ice pick in your hand.

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.

John Lee Hooker quotes: That girl has a special talent

That girl has a special talent

John Lee Hooker quotes: My style is all to myself.

My style is all to myself.

John Lee Hooker quotes: When I die, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die.

When I die, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die.

John Lee Hooker quotes: I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want to play is mean, mean licks.

I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want to play is mean, mean licks.

John Lee Hooker quotes: 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.

John Lee Hooker quotes: 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.

John Lee Hooker quotes: Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.

Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.

John Lee Hooker quotes: 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.

John Lee Hooker quotes: All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them.

All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them.

John Lee Hooker quotes: I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune.

I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune.

John Lee Hooker quotes: 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.

John Lee Hooker quotes: No matter what you got, the blues is there

No matter what you got, the blues is there

John Lee Hooker quotes: I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help them get a start.

I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help them get a start.

John Lee Hooker quotes: I like the small clubs.

I like the small clubs.

John Lee Hooker quotes: I don't do nothin' I don't want to do.

I don't do nothin' I don't want to do.

John Lee Hooker quotes: I don't do nothing I don't want to do.

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

John Lee Hooker quotes: Ron Thompson, he's my main man!

Ron Thompson, he's my main man!

John Lee Hooker quotes: I wanna get drunk 'til I'm off my mind. One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.

I wanna get drunk 'til I'm off my mind. One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.

John Lee Hooker quotes: I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want.

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 quotes: I've got enough money to live me two lifetimes so I don't have to do nothing I don't want to.

I've got enough money to live me two lifetimes so I don't have to do nothing I don't want to.

John Lee Hooker quotes: It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues ...

It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues ...

John Lee Hooker quotes: The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.

The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.