Mose Allison is a beautiful musician.

The blues is the roots, the rest is the fruits.

The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning.

I hadn't been exposed to music except in church. They used to have me singing a solo when I was five years old.

It could be a spoonful of diamonds, could be a spoonful of gold. Just a little spoon of your precious love satisfies my soul.

The whole of life itself expresses the blues. That's why I always say the blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling and understanding. The blues can be about anything pertaining to the facts of life. The blues call on God as much as a spiritual song do.

The world has made everything else and still it can't make peace. And the reason it can't make peace is because of the evil, ignorance and stupidity. I have songs that explain these facts. And that's the blues.