Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I don't remember any impression [from blues].The blues was just everywhere in the Mississippi Delta. It was mostly black sharecroppers living there, and there was a lot of blues around. Sometimes the guys would sing the blues in the fields, working.

Mose Allison's Popular Quotes

I'm playin' the music I like.

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I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.

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Ever since the world ended, I don't go out as much

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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 lo…

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I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me.

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Everybody cryin' mercy / When they don't know the meaning of the word.

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I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.

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All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.

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I'm improvising all the time. Everything I do is improvised. On the piano, at least.

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