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Allen Toussaint Quotes

As an early child, I tried to play every kind of music that I heard. I thought everyone was doing that.

"'Fresh Air' Remembers Hit Songwriter, Pianist And Producer Allen Toussaint". Interview, www.npr.org. 1988.

As a young child, I thought that all pianists played everything. I mean, I thought anything on piano - any piano music, all pianists played it.

"'Fresh Air' Remembers Hit Songwriter, Pianist And Producer Allen Toussaint". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 13, 2015.

The mother-in-laws themselves weren't natural jokes but most comedians used to use that.

"'Fresh Air' Remembers Hit Songwriter, Pianist And Producer Allen Toussaint". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. November 13, 2015.

To play with a band all of the time, just about nightly, was good for me because I wrote lots of arrangements and I got a lot of my transposition and chords ironed out.

"'Fresh Air' Remembers Hit Songwriter, Pianist And Producer Allen Toussaint". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 13, 2015.