Alvin Lee Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I've always been much more of a guitar picker, but I began to feel forced into a position of being the epitome of a rock & roll guitarist. Originally, TYA wanted to make it without having to compromise to pop. It worked for a while, but after five or six years, the fun went out of it for me; a lot of the music went out of it.”

“I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.”

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

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

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

“We also did something called the Texas Peace Festival, which was actually a better gig both musically, and in the way it was organised.”

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

“It's always been something I've been searching for - freedom. It's a very relative thing. It means different things to different people.”

“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.”

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