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The rich and the well-born, according to the Federalist Papers, was greatly feared by the founders. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#feared #federalist #founders #greatly #papers

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

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. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#blues #gettin #her #hug #kiss

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

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

— John Lee Hooker

#got #i #idea #just #song