You know, when you've established a certain thing, what can you do? You're stuck with it.
More Quotes from George Shearing:
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 you have a couple of weeks off, you're likely to avoid sitting at the piano, and taping, and giving yourself more work to do.George Shearing
When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well.
George Shearing
We're travelling for about nine-and-a-half months a year.
George Shearing
I don't think you can contrive any sound.
George Shearing
I don't like freedom jazz - I think it's void of roots and void of foundation.
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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 in the first place.
George Shearing
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