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. - SearchQuotes

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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

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