John Lee Hooker

One night I was layin' down, I heard Papa talkin' to Mama, I heard Papa say to let that boy boogie-woogie. 'Cause it's in him and it's got to come out. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#inspiration #inspirational

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

— John Lee Hooker

#doin #i #life #me #my life

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

— John Lee Hooker

#nothing #want

Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#daylight #groups #musicians #now #pension

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

— John Lee Hooker

#good #good life #had #happy #happy man

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

#help #i #i do #many #needs

But I don't want to do no big tours or go out on the road. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#go #i #out #road #tours

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

#guitar #i #kind #licks #lot

I hitchhiked, took trucks 'n' trains - anything that would pick me up. I stopped in Memphis for about six months and they found me and come got me. Stayed about a month an' split again. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#again #anything #come #found #got

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#blues #choice #choke #down #garbage