"I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and……" — Mose Allison
"I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs."
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39 Quotes by Mose Allison
Mose Allison has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- There's a few tunes of mine that don't have jokes, but most of them have a joke and they have…
- I start out with words, with the idea, the line. Then after I get a line or two, I try…
- If it's worth remembering, I'll remember it. If something keeps coming back, if I keep thinking of that phrase, if…
- You always want to write the perfect song. But no one will ever write the perfect song, I guess. I…
- The idea was I'd never amount to anything in music, The theme there was that I was talented, but I…
- 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,…
- 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…