John Lee
John Lee
careers people crooks
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.
girl special talent
That girl has a special talent
people
All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them.
want bigs
But I don't want to do no big tours or go out on the road.
pick-me-up splits memphis
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.
good-life men happy-man
I am a happy man. I've had a good life.
heartache giving matter
I have heartaches, I have blues. No matter what you got, the blues is there. 'Cause that's all I know - the blues. And I can sing the blues so deep until you can have this room full of money and I can give you the blues.
men
Ron Thompson, he's my main man!
people trying ifs
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.
world hard
It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . .
beer scotch drunk
I wanna get drunk 'til I'm off my mind. One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.
song ideas
I just get an idea and then all of a sudden I've got a song.
play way taught
The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.
cities light taste
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.