Alvin Lee Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 19, 1944 - March 6, 2013

Topics

BeginningPeopleStartEndSayWay

God forbid you got seasick because there was no option to go back. So that really did force us to be a group.

John C. Reilly

GodYouBackGoGroupForce

When the insane people start the chatter, there's no way to win that fight. It's literally like arguing with someone who is speaking another language, so there's no engaging with that kind of stuff.

Jennifer Konner

FightPeopleWinStartLanguageWay

The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would be a villain or a comic cipher, usually badly played, and with a rotten accent. There weren't a lot of guys in England for me to look up to.

Michael Caine

PeopleMeVillainAmericanLookUp

In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.

Althea Gibson

SportsBestWinningChampionYou

You can't really class all reality shows together. For instance, 'Top Chef' is about talent and competition. 'Big Brother' is more like what happens when you get all those narcissistic personalities crammed in together... and there are limits to that.

Sienna Guillory

TogetherCompetitionTalentBrother

I am not comparing myself to great artists, but when you see conceptual artists at work, on some level it's reassuring to know they can paint figuratively. Likewise, when you listen to the '50s jazz people who do these vast solos, you buy into it more if they open by playing a tune.

Stewart Lee

WorkGreatMyselfI AmPeopleYou

Optimistic people generally feel that good things will last a long time and will have a beneficial effect on everything they do. And they think that bad things are isolated: They won't last too long and won't affect other parts of life.

Martin Seligman

LifeGoodTimePeopleGood Things

We can sit between active drilling operations in neighboring countries, complaining that it's too risky to develop our own resources while the world around us does exactly that.

Lisa Murkowski

WorldComplainingActiveResources

Nowadays, I really like playing in studios.

Derek Bailey

PlayingLikeNowadaysStudiosReally

I loved reading when I was young. I was just completely taken by stories. And I remember taking that into English literature at school and taking that into Shakespeare and finding that opened up a whole world of self-expression to me that I didn't have access to previously.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

SchoolMeWorldReadingLovedYoung

CJ is my nickname. It stands for Cameron, and my middle name is John.

CJ Adams

NameMiddleNicknameJohnStands

I know the guru route, I know you go sit on a mountain. But screw India. I ain't going there.

Susan Powter

MountainYouIndiaGoKnowGoing

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