I wanna get drunk 'til I'm off my mind. One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.

But I don't want to do no big tours or go out on the road.

Ron Thompson, he's my main man!

I been doing the same things as in my younger days, when I was coming up, and now here I am, an old man, up there in the charts. And I say, well, what happened? Have they just thought up the real John Lee Hooker, is that it? And I think, well, I won't tell nobody else! I can't help but wonder what happened.

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

In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones.

I wanna get drunk 'til I'm off my mind. One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.