“If the same phrase in the same place created the right effect, I was p...” — Alexis Korner Quote

“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.”

“I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society.”

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

“I had all these raw, gritty rock records that really inspired me sonically, and so I think everything I listen to when I started writing my own songs kind of came out naturally, and it created this new sound.”

“Imagine if Lin-Manuel Miranda had tried to do 'Hamilton' first in Hollywood. They would have told him, 'The forefathers weren't Latino or black. They didn't speak in hip hop.' That would never had gotten going in Hollywood ever. But theater let Lin-Manuel him do it, and he created an incredible masterpiece.”