I just play blues for fun. Howlin' Wolf More Quotes by Howlin' Wolf More Quotes From Howlin' Wolf A lot of people wonder, what is the blues? Well, I'm gonna tell you what the blues is. Howlin' Wolf wells wonder people When you ain’t got no money, you got the blues. Howlin' Wolf no-money I couldn't do no yodelin', so I turned to howlin'. And it's done me just fine. Howlin' Wolf fine done I don't have anything to say about the guy [Muddy Waters], you know. Treat me all right. But I can this: they are jealous hearted, you know. Are jealous hearted musicians, you know. See, if you can't do like your songs, get kinda jealous of you. Like you, like they think you better than them and all that, but I don't fool with those kind of peoples, you know. I ain't got the time. Howlin' Wolf jealous song thinking Watch out strange cat people, little red roosters on the prowl. If you see my little red rooster, please drive him home. Howlin' Wolf cat home people I eat more chicken any man ever seen. Howlin' Wolf chickens men I don't play anything but the blues, but now I could never make no money on nothin' but the blues. That's why I wasn't interested in nothin' else. Howlin' Wolf blues-music no-money play Ain't no better place than the US. This is a free enterprise system. You can get whatever you want in the US. Howlin' Wolf enterprise better-place want Farming's always been my business. Howlin' Wolf been always farming business The idea of 'Spoonful' was that it doesn't take a large quantity of anything to be good. If you have a little money when you need it, you're right there in the right spot, that'll buy you a whole lot. Howlin' Wolf need good you money Somebody has been cashing checks, and they've been bouncing back on us. And these people, the poor class of Negroes and the poor class of white people, they're getting tired of it. Howlin' Wolf tired poor white people I raise corn and cattle and soybeans. Soybeans are a good cash crop. Howlin' Wolf good cattle corn cash I used to have a radio show. That's how I started foolin' around with recording. Howlin' Wolf show how radio used
