“The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.” — John Lee Hooker Quote

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Actually, I didn't listen to country music very much in Oklahoma. I listened to blues and rock n' roll.”

“One thing that I love about country music, probably more so than any other culture - maybe the blues rivals it - there are so many American folk heroes. There's the Coal Miner's Daughter, the Man in Black, the Red-Headed Stranger, and on and on.”

“I always liked jazz. And my people liked the old blues, race records and the doo-wop and all that.”