I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old. Mose Allison singsongwrite Change image and share on social
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. Mose Allison blendclassicalcomposer Change image and share on social
I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me. Mose Allison doinhaveidea Change image and share on social
I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon. Mose Allison planstopstoppin Change image and share on social
I've been able to do pretty well. I don't work as many consecutive nights as I used to, but I'm still working over 100 nights a year, so that's good for me. Mose Allison consecutivegoodhave Change image and share on social
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. Mose Allison clubexpressgodsend share on social
The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time. Mose Allison boomgoinhappenin Change image and share on social
I do very few standards. Hardly any. Other people's tunes that I do are usually obscure tunes, for the most part, although I do a couple of Duke Ellington tunes that are well known. Mose Allison coupledukeellington Change image and share on social
The thing of playin' and singin' never bothered me. Mose Allison botherplayinsingin Change image and share on social
I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs. Mose Allison ideaphrasesong Change image and share on social
