Alexis Korner quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Alexis Korner

Alexis Korner Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Alexis Korner on Wise Famous Quotes.

Alexis Korner quotes: I was considered as a jazz man rather than as a blues player. There were no blues players-you played one sort of jazz of another sort of jazz.

I was considered as a jazz man rather than as a blues player. There were no blues players-you played one sort of jazz of another sort of jazz.

Alexis Korner quotes: Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music.

Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music.

Alexis Korner quotes: The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters.

The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters.

Alexis Korner quotes: I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt.

I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt.

Alexis Korner quotes: I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society.

I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society.

Alexis Korner quotes: Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it.

Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it.

Alexis Korner quotes: When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh.

When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh.

Alexis Korner quotes: I must have been heavily schizophrenic all my life. The me who hears what the other me can't play is the dominant one.

I must have been heavily schizophrenic all my life. The me who hears what the other me can't play is the dominant one.

Alexis Korner quotes: I'm a compulsive musician, but it's also a bloody good way out of having to do anything else.

I'm a compulsive musician, but it's also a bloody good way out of having to do anything else.

Alexis Korner quotes: Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family.

Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family.

Alexis Korner quotes: I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of pain onto other people, but you do.

I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of pain onto other people, but you do.

Alexis Korner quotes: In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues.

In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues.

Alexis Korner quotes: Once you became associated with a children's show, you're finished.

Once you became associated with a children's show, you're finished.