But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good. — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
Everybody cryin' mercy / When they don't know the meaning of the word. — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
I never bothered about keeping track.Every now and then someone records one of my songs, and I get credit for it. — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised music, and… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
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… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
I'm not inspired by songwriting at all; that took place years ago. I'm pretty well established, as far as my influences go. I don't… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York. — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
I started going to a piano teacher at 5 years old, but pretty soon I started picking things out on my own and stopped… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
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… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
You always want to write the perfect song. But no one will ever write the perfect song, I guess. I would just like to… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
