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“Musical freedom has always been very strong for me, something to strive for, to be able to play the music you enjoy playing rather than playing music that other people want to hear, which I find rather shallow and unrewarding. So I make albums I like, and I put them out and hope other people like…” quote by Alvin Lee — Download Open image

“Musical freedom has always been very strong for me, something to strive for, to be able to play the music you enjoy playing rather than playing music that other people want to hear, which I find rather shallow and unrewarding. So I make albums I like, and I put them out and hope other people like them, and that's a kind of freedom in itself.”

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