George Shearing Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I don't like freedom jazz - I think it's void of roots and void of foundation.”

“My affiliation with England is borne out by the fact that I do come back for periodic visits.”

“We're travelling for about nine-and-a-half months a year.”

“You know, when you've established a certain thing, what can you do? You're stuck with it.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I was born in London in 1919. I first went to America in 1946 for a three-month holiday. Then I came back, worked here for almost a year sold up my home and went back on immigration in 1947.”