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.
More Quotes from John Lee Hooker:
I've got enough money to live me two lifetimes so I don't have to do nothing I don't want to.John Lee Hooker
I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help them get a start.
John Lee Hooker
I am a happy man. I've had a good life.
John Lee Hooker
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
It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . .
John Lee Hooker
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
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Love Quotes, Mind Quotes, Night QuotesBased on Keywords: gettin, hug
I always stayed fit because I'm a performer, and all of those things help me to perform.
Sting
Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.
Ellen Key