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> [I never planned on being a live performer. My whole forte was about being in the studio, producing, playing the piano on recording sessions. I was all about the studio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-toussaint/i-never-planned-on-being-a-live-performer-my-whole-forte-was-about/)

[Allen Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-toussaint/)

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## More by Allen Toussaint

> [I never planned on being a live performer. My whole forte was about being in the studio, producing, playing the piano on recording sessions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-toussaint/i-never-planned-on-being-a-live-performer-my-whole-forte-was-about/)

[Allen Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-toussaint/)

> [My music is homegrown from the garden of New Orleans. Music is everything to me short of breathing. Music also has a role to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-toussaint/my-music-is-homegrown-from-the-garden-of-new-orleans-music-is/)

[Allen Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-toussaint/)

> [Whenever I wrote songs - particularly back then - it would always be for a particular artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-toussaint/whenever-i-wrote-songs-particularly-back-then-it-would-always-be-for/)

[Allen Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-toussaint/)

> [To play with a band all of the time, just about nightly, was good for me because I wrote lots of arrangements and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-toussaint/to-play-with-a-band-all-of-the-time-just-about-nightly-was-good-for/)

[Allen Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-toussaint/)

> [The mother-in-laws themselves weren't natural jokes but most comedians used to use that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-toussaint/the-mother-in-laws-themselves-weren-t-natural-jokes-but-most/)

[Allen Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-toussaint/)

> [As an early child, I tried to play every kind of music that I heard. I thought everyone was doing that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-toussaint/as-an-early-child-i-tried-to-play-every-kind-of-music-that-i-heard-i/)

[Allen Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-toussaint/)

> [And do respect the women of the world; remember you all had mothers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-toussaint/and-do-respect-the-women-of-the-world-remember-you-all-had-mothers/)

[Allen Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-toussaint/)

> [To get to New Orleans you don't pass through anywhere else. That geographical location, being aloof, lets it hold onto the ritual of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-toussaint/to-get-to-new-orleans-you-don-t-pass-through-anywhere-else-that/)

[Allen Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-toussaint/)

> [To travel and to get around different places, especially in station wagons, you could really see America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-toussaint/to-travel-and-to-get-around-different-places-especially-in-station/)

[Allen Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-toussaint/)

> [As a young child, I thought that all pianists played everything. I mean, I thought anything on piano - any piano music, all pianists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-toussaint/as-a-young-child-i-thought-that-all-pianists-played-everything-i-mean/)

[Allen Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-toussaint/)

> [When you're playing live, those people who you're trying to please and reach, they're right there giving you feedback. And you don't get that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-toussaint/when-you-re-playing-live-those-people-who-you-re-trying-to-please-and/)

[Allen Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-toussaint/)

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