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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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"I get to play a killer next."

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"I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person."

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"Lyricists play with words."

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"I never play without my cape."

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"That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed."

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"I don't think I want to play a teenager anymore."

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"I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do."

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"You don't have to live the blues to play the blues."

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"I taught myself to play the piano. I've always been able to play, the minute I could get my hands up. I've always wanted to play the piano. It's the only instrument I've ever really liked, and it's the only one that's ever interested me."

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"You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."

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"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 am a happy man. I've had a good life."
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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 blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning."
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"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."
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"I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune."
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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."
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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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"My style is all to myself."
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