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The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

~John Lee Hooker

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You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop and go for the blues. The blues go but it don't stop.

~John Lee Hooker

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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.

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I am a happy man. I've had a good life.

~John Lee Hooker

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I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune.

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I don't do nothing I don't want to do.

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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 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.

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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 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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: August 22nd, 1917

Died: June 21st, 2001

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