Swing Era Quotes by Mose Allison

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• There's a few tunes of mine that don't have jokes, but most of them have a joke and they have a humorous…
• I start out with words, with the idea, the line. Then after I get a line or two, I try to find…
• If it's worth remembering, I'll remember it. If something keeps coming back, if I keep thinking of that phrase, if I see…
• You always want to write the perfect song. But no one will ever write the perfect song, I guess. I would just…
• The idea was I'd never amount to anything in music, The theme there was that I was talented, but I wouldn't work…
• All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.
• A young man ain't nothin' in the world these days
• Ever since the world ended, I don't go out as much
• I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised…
• I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.
• The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time.
• I've heard some tunes in recent years that were pretty close to that same idea. The idea was you turn on the…

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