Blues Quote by Alexis Korner

“In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues.” quote by Alexis Korner — Download Open image

“In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues.”

Alexis Korner

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I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt.

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