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Alvin Lee Quotes

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 Marquee Club in London and was very impressed. He was the only guitarist I've ever seen to turn the volume control on his guitar down during a solo.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Green Control Guitar Enough Down

Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing.

Work Me Next Out Work Out Takes

I met Drew Barrymore in New York and she said she liked the band. That was really cool. I grew up on her.

New York Cool New Said Band She

I love character-driven, well-written, great storytelling types of films, and I think that 'My Cousin Vinny' just hit the nail on the head with everything. It's one of those movies that, if I'm flipping through the channels, no matter what part it's on, I can watch it. It's just one of my favorites.

Love Great Think I Can Channels

In the '60s - and right up to the present day - the identity of a member of the British Secret Services was and is, quite rightly, a state secret. To divulge it is a crime. The Services may choose to leak a name when it pleases them.

Day Identity Present Name Choose Up

I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company.

Theatre Goal Acting Never First

I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.

Beautiful Clothes Want Glamorous

I have a profound belief in the power of the Sacraments. I believe that in a Divine way the use of them teaches the teachable their inward meaning and therefore I think we need be in no hurry to attempt to teach new converts all that we think we know about them.

Power Believe Think Meaning Know

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Failure Action You Find Take Just

When you come from nowhere, I am fully aware of the fact that people have to compare you to other artists to kind of place you.

I Am People You Place Kind Nowhere

If Rihanna stripped it all down morally rather than with her clothes, perhaps we'd get closer to Nina Simone. She's talented, but all we want is to sing the truth. If Britney Spears was to sing closer to her heart, she might have been the new Bobby Gentry or Dolly Parton.

Truth Heart Clothes Down New Want

When we launched Hulu, everybody was saying, 'Oh, this is going to be a substitute for pay TV in the living room.'

Saying Living Pay Room Living Room

My junior high school teacher, Bennie Williams, was really more than a music teacher. She taught us poetry. She helped us put on school shows. She did all these kinds of things to help us stand in each other's shoes, and it was a really powerful time. That's when I discovered that I could sing.

Music Teacher Time Shoes Poetry

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