John Lee Hooker Quotes
I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until I was about 18 or 19 and then I went on to Detroit.
Quotes to Explore
-
Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.
-
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized.
-
We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds.
-
I'm just a musician and a record producer.
-
We never thought 'Say Something' would be a holiday song. I'm still surprised that it's resonating at this time of year. Maybe that's why it's working so well - it balances out all the joy.
-
Shallow communities are relatively easy to build.
-
To deal with local pollution, China has put on the agenda the capping of coal, which has long been a sensitive issue.
-
No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
-
I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history.
-
Adele's look is meticulously thought through and completely of her own traits. She has such a powerful beauty, such an emotional voice, and the kohl, the hair, everything feels organically molded to her personality.
-
Nobody really doubted me playing football, making it to the NFL. I was like, 'I know I can do that.'
-
Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations.
-
Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.
-
Stopping Vieques bombing range good; sooner is better.
-
I got some news for you. One, there is no Jesus. Two, there is no God. Three, mind your own business and everything works out.
-
I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.
-
Every video I'm in, every magazine cover, they stretch you; they make you perfect. It's not real life.
-
What people don't realize is that professionals are sensational because of the fundamentals.
-
My sense of a poem - my notion of how you revise - is: you get yourself into a state where what you are intensely conscious of is not why you wrote it or how you wrote it, but what you wrote.
-
In my closet, you'd find five black shirts that look the same, 10 pairs of the same white pants, and five pairs of almost the exact same shoe. Every time I go out, I buy shoes that are very similar to my other shoes - it's a problem.
-
Mum's serial misbehavior over the years had driven me, despairing, to write her scolding - occasionally scalding letters.
-
I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until I was about 18 or 19 and then I went on to Detroit.
