American - Musician | November 11, 1927 -
I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me.
Mose Allison
MeNeverSeenIdeaNo IdeaDoin
I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon.
TimePlanSoonAnyStopped
I just have a lot off different influences.
InfluencesDifferentOffJustLot
I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised music, and do that every night. Just see where it goes.
GoodMusicJobNightI CanPlay
I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.
BrainDownNeverWriteThingsSit
I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old.
OldYearsSongsWroteSang
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.
PeopleMeYouKnowSwingMonk
I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs.
IdeasThinkAlwaysTurnThingsAway
I'm playin' music for a certain type of person. Fortunately, there are more and more of us. At least there are more comin' to see me than there were 30 years ago or so.
MusicMePersonMoreYearsSee
I'm playin' the music I like.
MusicLike
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.
WorkGoodMeYearOverPretty
I've heard some tunes in recent years that were pretty close to that same idea. The idea was you turn on the radio and you want to hear some music and up comes a commercial.
MusicYouWantSameTurnRadio
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