... I'm not conscious of the speed ... it's not my motive ... my motive is displaying a voice through the fingerboard ... it can get to the point where I don't have control over what I am playing ... I never end the gig until I can't sing anymore Alvin Lee More Quotes by Alvin Lee More Quotes From Alvin Lee It wasn't until the movie came out that it all changed for us. Some people say it was the start of Ten Years After, but in another way, it was the beginning of the end. Alvin Lee endbeginningpeopleway He saw us play a few times in fact. I did this song called I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, and Jimi loved it. He paid me a huge compliment when he told me that he was thinking of doing something similar himself! Alvin Lee mesongsometimesthinking Back in those days we thought we could change the world. Alvin Lee change-the-worldthoughtchangeworld I write and record all the time; it's my hobby and my passion. Alvin Lee hobbywritepassiontime My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Ralph Willis, Lonnie Johnson, Brownie McGhee and the three Kings, B.B., Albert and Freddie. Jazz-wise, I listened to Django, Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery. Alvin Lee kingbluescitycountry My all-time favorite rock and roll players were Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry and Franny Beecher, and I listened to the country playing of Merle Travis. Alvin Lee rockplayersrock-and-rollcountry That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music. Alvin Lee youmusicfreedomplay 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 don't race off on a solo. I take my time. Alvin Lee morejustracetime
