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Famous Mose Allison Quotes
“I didn't feel anything [frustraiting]. I just kept working 110 or 120 nights a year.”
“I'm improvising all the time. Everything I do is improvised. On the piano, at least.”
“I don't care what anyone does, as long as they go through the copyright office.”
“Everybody cryin' mercy / When they don't know the meaning of the word.”
“All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.”
“I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.”
“The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time.”
“I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York.”
“I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon.”
“I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs.”
“So I'm in my 51st year of playin' mostly nightclubs. I do some concerts.”