John Lee Hooker

If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going.

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.

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.

I've done gospel songs on every album.