Alvin Lee

I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.

— Alvin Lee

My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters,…

— Alvin Lee

That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music.

— Alvin Lee

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

— Alvin Lee

... I'm not conscious of the speed ... it's not my motive ... my motive is displaying a voice through the fingerboard…

— Alvin Lee

I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do

— 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,…

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They have decided to tour under the name of Ten Years After which I don't think is very cool. To be honest,…

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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…

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Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so…

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I've always been much more of a guitar picker, but I began to feel forced into a position of being the epitome…

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My solos are more tastefully conceived now. But I still get going in places. It's just that I build up to it…

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I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.

— Alvin Lee

I write and record all the time; it's my hobby and my passion.

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So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now.

— Alvin Lee

My father was always playing this ethnic blues stuff around the house, and both my parents played. Then one day my father…

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Strangely enough, I wasn't into fast guitarists. I preferred Peter Green's subtle touch. I saw him with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers at the…

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I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very…

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It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first…

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It wasn't until the movie came out that it all changed for us. Some people say it was the start of Ten…

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I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It…

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There is a big age gap between my sisters Janice and Irma and myself so I didn't know them that well when…

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It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.

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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…

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I just play to the people I can see. So it's almost like you are playing to the first few rows of…

— Alvin Lee