--- title: "2 Listened Quotes By Alvin Lee" description: "2 Listened quotes by Alvin Lee. Plus more from Alvin Lee and more Listened sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/alvin-lee-17693_albert_my-favorite-country-blues-player-was-big_62693.png" --- > [My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Ralph Willis, Lonnie Johnson, Brownie McGhee and the three Kings, B.B., Albert and Freddie. Jazz-wise,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/my-favorite-country-blues-player-was-big-bill-broonzy-city-blues-was/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/alvin-lee-17693_albert_my-favorite-country-blues-player-was-big_62693.png) > [My all-time favorite rock and roll players were Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry and Franny Beecher, and I listened to the country playing of Merle Travis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/my-all-time-favorite-rock-and-roll-players-were-scotty-moore-chuck/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/alvin-lee-17693_all-time_my-all-time-favorite-rock-and-roll-playe_2738289.png) ## More by Alvin Lee > [I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/i-started-off-playing-the-clarinet-after-i-was-inspired-by-listening/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/my-favorite-country-blues-player-was-big-bill-broonzy-city-blues-was/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/that-s-the-kind-of-musical-freedom-i-like-jazz-rock-blues-anything/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/anywhere-you-go-in-the-world-is-what-you-make-of-it-not-what-you-read/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [... I'm not conscious of the speed ... it's not my motive ... my motive is displaying a voice through the fingerboard ... it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/i-m-not-conscious-of-the-speed-it-s-not-my-motive-my-motive-is/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/i-d-love-to-change-the-world-but-i-don-t-know-what-to-do/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [It wasn't very satisfying playing the big arenas, but it was good as far as a paycheck. But the sound was terrible, especially in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/it-wasn-t-very-satisfying-playing-the-big-arenas-but-it-was-good-as/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/they-have-decided-to-tour-under-the-name-of-ten-years-after-which-i/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [That's the beauty of creativity. It comes from the ether. I like to think, sometimes, it's like I haven't written it, it's more like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/that-s-the-beauty-of-creativity-it-comes-from-the-ether-i-like-to/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/strangely-enough-through-all-those-school-years-i-decided-at-13-or-14/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [I've always been much more of a guitar picker, but I began to feel forced into a position of being the epitome of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/i-ve-always-been-much-more-of-a-guitar-picker-but-i-began-to-feel/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/my-solos-are-more-tastefully-conceived-now-but-i-still-get-going-in/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/i-think-i-ll-continue-to-work-as-a-solo-artist/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [I write and record all the time; it's my hobby and my passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/i-write-and-record-all-the-time-it-s-my-hobby-and-my-passion/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) > [So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/so-if-you-see-ten-years-after-it-s-not-me-anymore-i-m-very-happy-with/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/listened/alvin-lee/#itemlist", "name": "2 Listened Quotes By Alvin Lee", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Ralph Willis, Lonnie Johnson, Brownie McGhee and the three Kings, B.B., Albert and Freddie. 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