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.
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I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want.John Lee Hooker
I am a happy man. I've had a good life.
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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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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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The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.
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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.
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