Mose Allison

There's a few tunes of mine that don't have jokes, but most of them have a joke and they have a humorous point of view somewhere.

But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good.

I do very few standards. Hardly any. Other people's tunes that I do are usually obscure tunes, for the most part, although I do a couple of Duke Ellington tunes that are well known.

There is perhaps no better way to appreciate the dizzying stupidity of the United States than to chat with 25 consecutive morning radio hosts.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.