#go

Attending that Convention and talking with those people and many others convinced me that I should become a blogger in my efforts to reform the government and uphold the integrity of the Constitution and the laws made in furtherance thereof. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#become #constitution #convention #convinced #efforts

Therefore, until the day I die, I am going to do what I can, regardless of the cost to me, to try to stop this awful corruption that is destroying our beloved democracy. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#awful #beloved #corruption #cost #day

A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#convention #convinced #democracy #direct #exposure

On the political side, I was the Democratic nominee for the Governor of Tennessee in 1970 and 1998. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#governor #i #nominee #political #side

The time has come for justice at the ballot box, and justice in the courts, and justice in the legislative halls, and justice in the governor's office. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#ballot box #box #come #courts #governor

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

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 have heartaches, I have blues. No matter what you got, the blues is there. 'Cause that's all I know - the blues. And I can sing the blues so deep until you can have this room full of money and I can give you the blues. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#cause #deep #full #give #got

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

I just get an idea and then all of a sudden I've got a song. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#got #i #idea #just #song