"I start out with words, with the idea,……" — Mose Allison
"I start out with words, with the idea, the line. Then after I get a line or two, I try to find what melodic line those lines would be suited to. As soon as I find the form I can finish the song in my head."
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39 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…
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If it's worth remembering, I'll remember it. If something keeps coming back, if I keep thinking of that phrase, if…
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You always want to write the perfect song. But no one will ever write the perfect song, I guess. I…
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The idea was I'd never amount to anything in music, The theme there was that I was talented, but I…
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All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.
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A young man ain't nothin' in the world these days
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Ever since the world ended, I don't go out as much
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I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well,…
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I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.
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The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time.
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I've heard some tunes in recent years that were pretty close to that same idea. The idea was you turn…
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As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.
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