Will Allison
Will Allison
Will Allison is an American novelist and editor. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Long Drive Homeand What You Have Left...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth22 October 1968
CountryUnited States of America
money new-york decided
I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York.
color trying records
[The producer told me:] "We can try one more record, and we'll see how that one does." Those records never did anything. My music never got mentioned. My color got mentioned.
couple people tunes
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.
writing brain down-and
I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.
years crowds
I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.
office long care
I don't care what anyone does, as long as they go through the copyright office.
silence matter idle-chatter
The things that really matter don't mix with idle chatter.
oasis superhero mercy
Everybody cryin' mercy / When they don't know the meaning of the word.
player ems classic
All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.
sex moving race
Jonny Lang has the power to move the music into the next millennium by reaching the ears of a new generation. The great musicians have the power to break all of the 'isms'-race, age, sex, et cetera. Jonny Lang is one of those musicians.
beautiful play want
I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues.
names people looks
I look in music magazines now and see things on Luther Allison, and my name's getting out there more, thanks to all the good people at Alligator Records and at my management company.
thinking guy generations
I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.
west sides chicago
In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side.