Oh, I still like to play and I still play when I want to.
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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.John Lee Hooker
Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on to their money and everything they have.
John Lee Hooker
The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.
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To you and all of my friends . . . especially my fellow mens . . . It's a big wide world . . . We come a long ways . . .
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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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