I haven’t written an awful lot recently, but I think I probably will start again very shortly. Being so much on the road, when you have a couple of weeks off, you’re likely to avoid sitting at the piano, and taping, and giving yourself more work to do. George Shearing Read Quote
Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that it’s much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your mind, without obeying any of the laws of bass line and harmony and so on. George Shearing Read Quote
I don’t like freedom jazz – I think it’s void of roots and void of foundation. George Shearing Read Quote
I think it was Duke Ellington who once said that we’re always most pleased with our current record. I mean, you have to assume that you learn from one, and you do something better next time. George Shearing Read Quote
I think in certain areas the demand is greater than it has ever been, and my business is better than it’s been in 30 years. The music business is so precarious, as you know-you’ve got to make it while you can make it, and that’s exactly what we’re doing. George Shearing Read Quote
You know, when you’ve established a certain thing, what can you do? You’re stuck with it. George Shearing Read Quote
