John Lee Hooker Quotes

The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.

John Lee Hooker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 22, 1917 - June 21, 2001

Topics

MeBluesPlayWillWaySomething

My whole family was Muslim, and most of the people I knew were Muslim.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

FamilyPeopleWholeMuslimKnew

It's so interesting that the romantic side of my life comes from my father, who I really didn't even know that well.

Sophie B. Hawkins

LifeFatherRomanticMy LifeKnow

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil.

Simone Weil

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I don't know how this company got the name National Shakespeare Company, because it was literally like retards employing retards.

Rob Corddry

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One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous democratic debate.

Rocco Buttiglione

SocietyValuesDebateKnowHierarchy

People who aren't as interested in recorded music as they used to be will say, 'Oh, 'Buena Vista?' Loved it.' And I'll say, 'Well, how about any of my other recent records. I've been doing some pretty good ones. You like those?' And they go, 'Huh?'

Ry Cooder

GoodMusicPeopleLovedDoingYou

We have an epidemic of insecure people in our society today.

Joyce Meyer

TodayPeopleSocietyOurEpidemic

I think I always resented the fact that people thought I was trying to entertain them with my multifaceted, chameleonlike character changes. Although I liked doing that, I wasn't out to fool people and say 'Guess which one is me.'

Cindy Sherman

CharacterFoolPeopleMeThinkSay

Empowering women with greater income opportunities will lift societies at a much faster rate.

Arancha Gonzalez

WomenOpportunitiesLiftWillIncome

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

Winston Churchill

MonkeyNeverRoomHoldDiscussions

As a teenager, I worked on Indian reservations, and it was such an incredible culture: the elders are so respected.

Winona Ryder

CultureEldersIncredibleIndian

If war is the solution, why didn't Roosevelt declare war on poverty?

Preston Sturges

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