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.
More Quotes by Mose Allison
All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.
And Lennie Tristano I like a lot, I still like him.
As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.
At this point, I don't listen to other people too much. I'm not really that affected by anyone.
But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good.
I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.