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

~Alexis Korner

Topics: Away Blues Family Jazz Left Me Pulled

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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

Topics: Big Big Enough Enough Every Good Had Incentive Movement Musical Musicians Playing Produce Some Start Who Without

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

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Topics: Also Anything Anything Else Bloody Compulsive Else Good Good Way Having Musician Out Way

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

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Topics: Explain Onto Other Pain Particular Pass People Sort Wants Why You

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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

Topics: Being Beneficial Blues Both Form Guess Itself Legal Music Only Organised Particularly Schizophrenia Society

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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.

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Topics: Admitted Always Becoming Blues Could Ever Given Had Intended Living Logical Make Myself Never Out Playing Possible Reason Suppose

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

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Topics: All My Life Been Dominant Hears Life Me Must My Life Other Play Schizophrenic Who

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

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Topics: Able Guitar Hurt Make Music Play Wanted

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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.

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Topics: Another Blues Considered Jazz Man Played Player Rather Sort Than Were

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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

Topics: Created Effect Every Every Time Improvising Perfectly Phrase Place Prepared Right Same Time Use Worried

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Musician

Born: April 19th, 1928

Died: January 1st, 1984

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