American - Musician | August 22, 1917 - June 21, 2001
Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.
John Lee Hooker
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Oh, I still like to play and I still play when I want to.
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It don't take me no three days to record no album.
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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.
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I've got enough money to live me two lifetimes so I don't have to do nothing I don't want to.
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I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until I was about 18 or 19 and then I went on to Detroit.
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I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want.
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I like the small clubs.
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I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help them get a start.
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I just get an idea and then all of a sudden I've got a song.
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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.
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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.
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