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Mose Allison quotes: I do some concerts. At the moment, I'm being helped a lot by a gig I play in London, which is Pizza Express.

I do some concerts. At the moment, I'm being helped a lot by a gig I play in London, which is Pizza Express.

Mose Allison quotes: I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.

I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.

Mose Allison quotes: I never thought I was playing black music. I was just playing music, the stuff I liked. I sang blues at parties and things when I was a kid.

I never thought I was playing black music. I was just playing music, the stuff I liked. I sang blues at parties and things when I was a kid.

Mose Allison quotes: Traveling these days has a lot of problems and also it wears you out more.

Traveling these days has a lot of problems and also it wears you out more.

Mose Allison quotes: Everybody cryin' mercy / When they don't know the meaning of the word.

Everybody cryin' mercy / When they don't know the meaning of the word.

Mose Allison quotes: And Lennie Tristano I like a lot, I still like him.

And Lennie Tristano I like a lot, I still like him.

Mose Allison quotes: Ever since the world ended, I don't go out as much

Ever since the world ended, I don't go out as much

Mose Allison quotes: The idea was I'd never amount to anything in music, The theme there was that I was talented, but I wouldn't work hard enough to do anything with it.

The idea was I'd never amount to anything in music, The theme there was that I was talented, but I wouldn't work hard enough to do anything with it.

Mose Allison quotes: I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me.

I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me.

Mose Allison quotes: But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good.

But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good.

Mose Allison quotes: My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.

My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.

Mose Allison quotes: I'm playin' the music I like.

I'm playin' the music I like.

Mose Allison quotes: I didn't feel anything [frustraiting]. I just kept working 110 or 120 nights a year.

I didn't feel anything [frustraiting]. I just kept working 110 or 120 nights a year.

Mose Allison quotes: The things that really matter don't mix with idle chatter.

The things that really matter don't mix with idle chatter.

Mose Allison quotes: I just have a lot off different influences.

I just have a lot off different influences.

Mose Allison quotes: I'm improvising all the time. Everything I do is improvised. On the piano, at least.

I'm improvising all the time. Everything I do is improvised. On the piano, at least.

Mose Allison quotes: There's a few tunes of mine that don't have jokes, but most of them have a joke and they have a humorous point of view somewhere.

There's a few tunes of mine that don't have jokes, but most of them have a joke and they have a humorous point of view somewhere.

Mose Allison quotes: At this point, I don't listen to other people too much. I'm not really that affected by anyone.

At this point, I don't listen to other people too much. I'm not really that affected by anyone.

Mose Allison quotes: I never bothered about keeping track.Every now and then someone records one of my songs, and I get credit for it.

I never bothered about keeping track.Every now and then someone records one of my songs, and I get credit for it.

Mose Allison quotes: I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.

I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.

Mose Allison quotes: It's as much fun as it ever was, you know, once I get there. Gettin' there is a little harder.

It's as much fun as it ever was, you know, once I get there. Gettin' there is a little harder.

Mose Allison quotes: 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 quotes: The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time.

The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time.

Mose Allison quotes: I'm happy whenever anybody does my material. I don't care what they do with it. I do what I want to with other people's songs.

I'm happy whenever anybody does my material. I don't care what they do with it. I do what I want to with other people's songs.

Mose Allison quotes: The thing of playin' and singin' never bothered me.

The thing of playin' and singin' never bothered me.

Mose Allison quotes: I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old.

I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old.

Mose Allison quotes: I can't judge my own stuff. That's for others. But those are the three things that I admire.

I can't judge my own stuff. That's for others. But those are the three things that I admire.

Mose Allison quotes: All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.

All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.

Mose Allison quotes: I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York.

I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York.

Mose Allison quotes: There's a lot of terrible things goin' on all the time, but you gotta try and have some fun in the end.

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 quotes: So I'm in my 51st year of playin' mostly nightclubs. I do some concerts.

So I'm in my 51st year of playin' mostly nightclubs. I do some concerts.

Mose Allison quotes: As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.

As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.

Mose Allison quotes: I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs.

I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs.

Mose Allison quotes: A young man ain't nothin' in the world these days

A young man ain't nothin' in the world these days

Mose Allison quotes: I don't care what anyone does, as long as they go through the copyright office.

I don't care what anyone does, as long as they go through the copyright office.