Mose Allison
Mose Allison
Mose John Allison, Jr.is an American jazz blues pianist, singer and songwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth11 November 1927
CountryUnited States of America
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At this point, I don't listen to other people too much. I'm not really that affected by anyone.
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Traveling these days has a lot of problems and also it wears you out more.
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I can't judge my own stuff. That's for others. But those are the three things that I admire.
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Louis Jordan, I always liked him as well.
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Then I started listenin' a lot to classical composers. Piano works. Just to see what they were doin'. That sort of put me in a different groove to try to blend all that in.
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It's as much fun as it ever was, you know, once I get there. Gettin' there is a little harder.
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There's a lot of terrible things goin' on all the time, but you gotta try and have some fun in the end.
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Pizza Express has been a real godsend for me. I've been working there for several years, six weeks a year. You can go to work every night and play. It's a nice little club. It's just about the right size for me, about 150 people.
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But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good.
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These people that think I'm cynical, I wish they'd come to see my shows these days because I've turned into a comedian, practically.
cds needs buying
I have lots of CDs that came out at one time or another, and according to the statements I've gotten, no one's buying them.I figured there's no need making a new CD. There are plenty of mine out there, and none of them are selling.
country song people
The British rockers saved me. They brought me to a different generation altogether [in the 60th]. The Who and The Yardbirds and Georgie Fame and Van Morrison and all those people. The only person who ever did my songs in [ U.S] country was Bonnie Raitt.
mistake men firsts
I remember the first check I got from The Who's recording [of "Young Man Blues"]. I'd been getting checks for $10 and $15 and so forth, and this one was for a much larger amount than that. I thought it was a mistake.
song track records
I never bothered about keeping track.Every now and then someone records one of my songs, and I get credit for it.