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

— John Lee Hooker

#daylight #groups #musicians #now #pension

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 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 remember back in Detroit, I used to go to the Apex Bar every night after I got off work. The bartender there used to call me Boom Boom. I don't know why, but he did. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#apex #back #bar #bartender #boom

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

#baseball #baseball game #game #i #music

If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#back #because #blues #get #going

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one. ↗

— Horace

#fools #into #opposite #run #set

In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#big #big ones #boat #business #career

Oh, I still like to play and I still play when I want to. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#like #oh #play #still #want