"I started off playing the clarinet, after I……" — Alvin Lee
"I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records."
—
Alvin Lee
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
23 Quotes by Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee has 23 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the…
-
My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all -…
-
My all-time favorite rock and roll players were Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry and Franny Beecher, and I listened to the…
-
My father was always playing this ethnic blues stuff around the house, and both my parents played. Then one day…
-
We used to play the underground clubs like the UFO, and Middle Earth, and they were great because they would…
-
We also did something called the Texas Peace Festival, which was actually a better gig both musically, and in the…
-
Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician…
-
I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good…
-
Back in those days we thought we could change the world.
-
Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.
-
George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known,…
-
He saw us play a few times in fact. I did this song called I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes,…
See all 23 quotes by Alvin Lee »
More Benny Quotes
This quote is filed under Benny Quotes,
one of 41 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting…
— Julie Burchill
-
My old friend Jack Benny has only had one ball all his golfing life. And now he's lost it. The…
— Bob Hope
-
Everybody is afraid they won't have any money after they die, but Jack Benny discovered a way to take it…
— Bob Hope
-
Last night at Carnegie Hall, Jack Benny played Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn lost.
— Harold C. Schonberg
-
For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of…
— Avery Brooks
-
Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken…
— Mel Torme
-
When Jack Benny plays the violin, it sounds as though the strings are still in the cat.
— Fred Allen
-
Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He…
— Bob Newhart
-
I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered…
— Phil Hartman
-
My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.
— Don Knotts
-
I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't…
— Bob Newhart
-
Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
See all 41 Benny Quotes »