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John Lee Hooker

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

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

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"I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me."

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"All I did was basically play myself in the role of Napoleon Solo."

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"When Garcia died, and I decided not to play, I came out here."

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"When I started out, all I did was play my trombone."

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"We play some of my stuff and we play some Beatle covers."

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"It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I decided to write one myself."

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"In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues."

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"Yes, Pluton, actually, in the play. And I play him in my most stentorian voice."

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"I always tried to play my hunches."

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Akiroq Brost

"What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion."

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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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"I hitchhiked, took trucks 'n' trains - anything that would pick me up. I stopped in Memphis for about six months and they found me and come got me. Stayed about a month an' split again."
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"The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning."
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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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"The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different."
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"I am a happy man. I've had a good life."
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