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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

#always #becoming #blues #could #ever

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

#dominant #hears #heavily #i #life

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

— Alexis Korner

#guitar #hurt #i #make #music

In those days, between the ages of 12 and 18 you meant nothing. You were the extra place at the side table if someone came to dinner. You were of no interest to anyone. ↗

— Alexis Korner

#anyone #between #came #days #dinner

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

— Alexis Korner

#american music #been #influenced #music #musical

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

#bar #been #blues #british #emotional

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

— Alexis Korner

#blues #british #development #johnny #movement

I've got about 27 gigs right now. I've got radio, I've got television, I've got The Washington Post. ↗

— Tony Kornheiser

#gigs #got #i #now #post

The Bears treat offense as if it's bubonic plague. ↗

— Tony Kornheiser

#bubonic #offense #plague #treat

What's become of "yes we can?" That's easy. Finally people are starting to read the bills. ↗

— Tom C. Korologos

#bills #easy #finally #people #read