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Alexis Korner Quotes

Alexis Korner quotes

English Musician April 19, 1928 – January 1, 1984

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Alexis Korner quote: "I must have been heavily schizophrenic all my life. The me who..."
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
Alexis Korner quote: "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
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
Alexis Korner quote: "When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but..."
When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh. Alexis Korner
Alexis Korner quote: "I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to..."
I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt. Alexis Korner
The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too little originality. Alexis Korner
Alexis Korner quote: "I'm a compulsive musician, but it's also a bloody good way out..."
I'm a compulsive musician, but it's also a bloody good way out of having to do anything else. Alexis Korner
Alexis Korner quote: "Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been..."
Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music. Alexis Korner
If the same phrase in the same place created the right effect, I was perfectly prepared to use it every time. I wasn't worried that I wasn't improvising. Alexis Korner
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
Alexis Korner quote: "I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of..."
I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of pain onto other people, but you do. Alexis Korner
Alexis Korner quote: "The parallel development in American blues to the British..."
The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters. Alexis Korner
Alexis Korner quote: "Once you became associated with a children's show, you're..."
Once you became associated with a children's show, you're finished. Alexis Korner
I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could have given a logical reason for it ever becoming possible to do so. Alexis Korner
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

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