John Lee Hooker Quotes

Since You Knew They Was Goin' To Cheat You Anyway, I Recorded Under Any Name With All Of 'em.

Ron Thompson, He's My Main Man!

I Been Doing The Same Things As In My Younger Days, When I Was Coming Up, And Now Here I Am, An Old Man, Up There In The Charts. And I Say, Well, What Happened? Have They Just Thought Up The Real John Lee Hooker, Is That It? And I Think, Well, I Won't Tell Nobody Else! I Can't Help But Wonder What Happened.

But I Don't Want To Do No Big Tours Or Go Out On The Road.

Groups Are Corporations Now. They Have Pension Plans. Musicians Have Saw The Daylight.

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.

That Girl Has A Special Talent

I Am A Happy Man. I've Had A Good Life.

I Want To Play Music When I Want, Write A Song If I Want Or Watch A Baseball Game If I Want.

I Like Dropping Into A Small Club And Playing With Some People, Trying To Help Them Get A Start.

The Way Will Moore Taught Me, And The Way I Play It, The Blues Is Just Something Different.

I've Got Enough Money To Live Me Two Lifetimes So I Don't Have To Do Nothing I Don't Want To.