Alvin Lee Quotes
It wasn't very satisfying playing the big arenas, but it was good as far as a paycheck. But the sound was terrible, especially in hockey arenas - the sound would go on for 30 seconds after we quit playing.
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I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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Fuel conservation is as important as fuel production.
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I'm being driven crazy by people who are obsessed with limiting the scope of government, but feel perfectly free to demand that government get involved in women's most personal choices.
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The climate has been changing since there was a climate.
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I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly doing music, it's difficult to have that quality time to listen to music and do classical stuff.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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I was happy to be with my parents. I didn't see very much of them, so I was very happy when my father was there and out of jail.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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Kids tend to look up to sports figures and entertainers, probably more than they should, but I've tried to use that in a positive way.
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I love voyaging - the longest has been 3,000 miles to Hawaii. I've also spent weeks all over the Caribbean.
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You're dressed in a tuxedo, you wear a bow tie. A bow tie with a tuxedo is more formal than a straight tie with a tuxedo.
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For me, there is no better tapa than a really good stuffed olive.
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When you do good music, it moves over from generation to generation. Like Bob Marley. Like Papa Michigan. Jimmy Cliff.
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It wasn't very satisfying playing the big arenas, but it was good as far as a paycheck. But the sound was terrible, especially in hockey arenas - the sound would go on for 30 seconds after we quit playing.
