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They wasn't gonna give you nothin'. I didn't care as long as they let me play my music. Cash on the spot... You cheat me and I'm gonna get me some money, too.

~John Lee Hooker

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

~John Lee Hooker

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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.

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Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.

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

~John Lee Hooker

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My style is all to myself.

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It don't take me no three days to record no album.

~John Lee Hooker

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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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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.

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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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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: August 22nd, 1917

Died: June 21st, 2001

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