--- title: "1 Playing Blues Quotes By Alvin Lee" description: "1 Playing Blues quotes by Alvin Lee. Plus more from Alvin Lee and more Playing Blues sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/alvin-lee-17693_always_my-father-was-always-playing-this-ethnic_1615467.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/my-father-was-always-playing-this-ethnic-blues-stuff-around-the-house/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/alvin-lee-17693_always_my-father-was-always-playing-this-ethnic_1615467.jpg) ## 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/playing-blues/alvin-lee/#itemlist", "name": "1 Playing Blues Quotes By Alvin Lee", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My father was always playing this ethnic blues stuff around the house, and both my parents played. 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