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It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues... 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.

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When I die they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die.

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When Adam and Eve first saw each other, that's when the blues started. No matter what anybody says, it all comes down to the same thing: a man and a woman, a broken heart and a broken home.

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One night I was layin' down
I heard mama and papa talkin'
I heard papa tell mama
Let that boy boogie-woogie
Because it's in him
And it got to come out.

John Lee Hooker

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John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker
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Born: August 22, 1912
Died: June 21, 2001 (aged 88)
Bio: John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues.
Known for:
  1. The Healer (1989)
  2. House Of The Blues (1960)
  3. Mr. Lucky (1991)
  4. Hooker 'n Heat (1971)
  5. Don't Look Back (1997)

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