I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York.
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All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.Mose Allison
But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good.
Mose Allison
As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.
Mose Allison
I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.
Mose Allison
I can't judge my own stuff. That's for others. But those are the three things that I admire.
Mose Allison
It's as much fun as it ever was, you know, once I get there. Gettin' there is a little harder.
Mose Allison
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