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Strangely enough, through all...

Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it.

Alvin Lee 45 quotes

He saw us play a few times in...

He saw us play a few times in fact. I did this song called I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, and Jimi loved it. He paid me a huge compliment when he told me that he was thinking of doing something similar himself!

Alvin Lee 45 quotes

My solos are more tastefully ...

My solos are more tastefully conceived now. But I still get going in places. It's just that I build up to it now. I don't race off on a solo. I take my time.

Alvin Lee 45 quotes

I started off playing the cla...

I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.

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I just play to the people I c...

I just play to the people I can see. So it's almost like you are playing to the first few rows of the crowd. You can see the faces of the first hundred people, but then it becomes a blur as the crowds disappear over the hill.

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There is a big age gap betwee...

There is a big age gap between my sisters Janice and Irma and myself so I didn't know them that well when I was younger although they have been very supportive in later life.

Alvin Lee 45 quotes

My father was always playing ...

My father was always playing this ethnic blues stuff around the house, and both my parents played. Then one day my father brought home Big Bill Broonzy, and there he was sitting in our living room playing, and blues was in my heart from the time I was 12 years old.

Alvin Lee 45 quotes

Strangely enough, through all ...

Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it.

Alvin Lee 45 quotes

So if you see Ten Years After,...

So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now.

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I think I'll continue to work ...

I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.

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It was by listening to Goodman...

It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.

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I began to learn a lot of chor...

I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very handy later on.

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They have decided to tour unde...

They have decided to tour under the name of Ten Years After which I don't think is very cool. To be honest, they have had to do that as it's the only way they can get any work.

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It will be the first time I've...

It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.

Alvin Lee 45 quotes

There is a big age gap between...

There is a big age gap between my sisters Janice and Irma and myself so I didn't know them that well when I was younger although they have been very supportive in later life.

Alvin Lee 45 quotes

I'd love to change the world, ...

I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do

Alvin Lee 45 quotes

I went to see John Mayall at t...

I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig.

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We're definitely pushing for e...

We're definitely pushing for everyone to do the band full-time, ... But right now, we're just trying to set everything in order, and I'm trying to do it so we have a big record out and have the bookings and the following to support us.

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We wanted to make something th...

We wanted to make something that represented what we were actually doing, ... The first album was OK, but that was almost three and a half years ago, and we more or less did that on our own. But with Arhoolie, we were able to go into a bigger studio -- it was a lot more professional -- and we did the whole recording in one day, because we already knew what we were going to do. And we had a good engineer that had a nice system, and he let us feel free to do what we do, and I think that's the best way to record a group o

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We want to go more mainstream ...

We want to go more mainstream but stick to what we do, ... Every place we go, the people are receptive with the style of music we're doing. And even if we go into a club setting, we're still singing about God. We want to be the people that change the trends of what's acceptable and what's not. We believe it's in our music, really. And I think it's the music that's touched everyone when they deal with us.

Alvin Lee 45 quotes

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