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Mose Allison quotes

American Musician November 11, 1927

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I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised music, and do that every night. Just see where it goes. Mose Allison
Mose Allison quote: "Traveling these days has a lot of problems and also it wears..."
Traveling these days has a lot of problems and also it wears you out more. Mose Allison
I've been able to do pretty well. I don't work as many consecutive nights as I used to, but I'm still working over 100 nights a year, so that's good for me. Mose Allison
Pizza Express has been a real godsend for me. I've been working there for several years, six weeks a year. You can go to work every night and play. It's a nice little club. It's just about the right size for me, about 150 people. Mose Allison
Mose Allison quote: "But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show..."
But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good. Mose Allison
Mose Allison quote: "There's a lot of terrible things goin' on all the time, but..."
There's a lot of terrible things goin' on all the time, but you gotta try and have some fun in the end. Mose Allison
Mose Allison quote: "I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years."
I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years. Mose Allison
Mose Allison quote: "The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin'..."
The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time. Mose Allison
I'm playin' music for a certain type of person. Fortunately, there are more and more of us. At least there are more comin' to see me than there were 30 years ago or so. Mose Allison
Mose Allison quote: "I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon."
I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon. Mose Allison
I do very few standards. Hardly any. Other people's tunes that I do are usually obscure tunes, for the most part, although I do a couple of Duke Ellington tunes that are well known. Mose Allison
I've heard some tunes in recent years that were pretty close to that same idea. The idea was you turn on the radio and you want to hear some music and up comes a commercial. Mose Allison
Mose Allison quote: "I'm playin' the music I like."
I'm playin' the music I like. Mose Allison
Then I started listenin' a lot to classical composers. Piano works. Just to see what they were doin'. That sort of put me in a different groove to try to blend all that in. Mose Allison
Mose Allison quote: "I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I..."
I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs. Mose Allison

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