Alvin Lee Quotes

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.

My music is jazz.

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

I used to play too with a boy who played a saxophone. We didn't play no blues, we'd play a lot of love songs - 'Stardust', 'Blue Moon', 'Out Cold Again', 'Sophisticated Lady', 'Stars Fell On Alabama', a lot of different stuff.

I am a saxophone player.

I studied violin since I was a boy, and my dream was to be a violinist and to play.

Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case!

My dad bought me a guitar when I was very young, and I never looked back.

Lately I've been listening to some classical music again, some jazz.

As far as rock groups, I really like Stone Temple Pilots. As for classical composers, it's Bach. I love Paganini, too, the Italian composer who would break strings during a performance and finish playing on just one string. Someone I would have loved to play with is Jimi Hendrix.

I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz.

I played saxophone and trumpet. Pretty nerdy.

My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time.

Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz.

I also like Western classical music and jazz.

I find early jazz to be the most revolutionary music of its time.

Jazz was my first love.

When I was a kid, I had some Charles Lloyd records.

I feel very honored to be playing with Bill Pierce. He's such a great musician.

Swing is my favorite kind of music.

And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.

My first love of jazz came from joining the Chilliwack Middle School band - it was like an 18-piece jazz band, and I wanted to join just because the older kids looked like they were having so much fun.

I have always loved creating and entertaining. It started with music, singing. I grew up in a household filled with music - not pop but old-school stuff, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong.

I play the saxophone, and I used to play the piano.