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.
No matter what you got, the blues is there - John Lee Hooker
No matter what you got, the blues is there
- John Lee Hooker
It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . . - John Lee Hooker
It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . .
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
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 think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune. - John Lee Hooker
I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune.
When I die, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die. - John Lee Hooker
When I die, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die.
I don't do nothin’ I don't want to do. - John Lee Hooker
I don't do nothin’ I don't want to do.
I don't like no fancy chords. Just the boogie. The drive. The feeling. A lot of people play fancy but they don't have no style. It's a deep feeling-y… - John Lee Hooker
I don't like no fancy chords. Just the boogie. The drive. The feeling. A lot of people play fancy but they don't have no style. It's a deep feeling-y…
Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on to their money and eve… - John Lee Hooker
Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on to their money and eve…
The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning. - John Lee Hooker
The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.
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