The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme on piano, usually with a movement from a Mozart concerto. — George Shearing Copy Share Image
Learn the rules and then break them in such a way as to exercise good taste. — George Shearing Copy Share Image
I studied with a blind teacher from about 5 until I was 16, at two different schools. From the age of 12 until 16,… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in reincarnation and in a… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme on piano,… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
Can anybody be given a great degree of creativity? No. They can be given the equipment to develop it-if they have it in them… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
If you establish an identity, you build a monster-and thats right, youve got to live with it. Of course, you can enjoy it, too. — George Shearing Copy Share Image
Perfect retention. I don't think I could do that-I've never disciplined myself to do it. I suppose a lot of it is a question… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
I was born in London in 1919. I first went to America in 1946 for a three-month holiday. Then I came back, worked here… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
I think it was Duke Ellington who once said that we're always most pleased with our current record. I mean, you have to assume… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
All my musical foundations go back to the age of 3. My family tell me that I used to listen to the old crystal… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
I haven't written an awful lot recently, but I think I probably will start again very shortly. Being so much on the road, when… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
Learn the rules and then break them in such a way as to exercise good taste. — George Shearing Copy Share Image
