John Lee Hooker Is The

It's Not The Note You Play That's The Wrong Note - It's The Note You Play Afterwards That Makes It Right Or Wrong.

I Don't Hold It Against Dizzy [gillespie], You Know, But If A Guy Wants To Play A Certain Way, You Work Towards That. If He Stops - He's Full Of Crap, You Know. I Mean, I Wouldn't Do It, For No Money, Or For No Place In The White Man's World. Not Just To Make Money, Because Then You Don't Have Anything. You Don't Have As Much Money As Whoever You're Trying To Ape; That's Making Money By Being Commercial. Then You Don't Have Anything To Give The World; So You're Not Important. You Might As Well Be Dead.

Japanese People They Hear My Warmin' Up And They Start Screamin'. They Can Tell It's Me.it's My Tone On The Trumpet, It Sounds Like I'm Speakin'.

When You Work With Great Musicians, They Are Always A Part Of You . . . Their Spirits Are Walking Around In Me, So They're Still Here And Passing It On To Others.

The Way You Change And Help Music Is By Tryin' To Invent New Ways To Play