#he

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. ↗

— Mose Allison

#boogie #effect #era #favorites #had

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

#classical #classical composers #composers #different #doin

There's a lot of terrible things goin' on all the time, but you gotta try and have some fun in the end. ↗

— Mose Allison

#fun #goin #gotta #in the end #lot

I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#first #floor #i #i can #melissa

Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#brother #clapton #his #i #most

My father was murdered when I was two. Duane, even though he was only a year and 18 days my elder, he became a father figure to me. I would have done anything for my brother - I loved him so much. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#became #brother #days #done #elder

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites. ↗

— Lord Acton

#book #content #favourites #others #seek

In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#bosnia #child #children #gun #guy

You got to be pretty thin to be in the movies, or it helps. I would actually love to do it. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#got #helps #i #love #movies

I think there should be better child support laws to make it easier for those single moms to support their children so they don't have to go on welfare. ↗

— Gloria Allred

#child #child support #children #easier #go