Georgie Fame

“I love playing live. There's an energy you get from an audience that you can't replicate in a studio.”

“You have to keep learning. The day you stop learning is the day you might as well pack it in.”

“The Hammond organ is my instrument. It’s got so many colours, it’s like a whole orchestra.”

“The Flamingo Club was our university. We learned everything there, playing night after night.”

“Van Morrison is a genius, a true poet. Working with him was an incredible experience.”

“The audiences in the 60s were fantastic. They were there to dance and have a good time, and that's what we were there to provide.”

“I was never a pop star. I was a musician who happened to have some pop hits.”

“I always felt that the blues is the bedrock of most of the great music in the world.”

“I've always just played the music I love. If other people like it, that's a bonus.”

“Jazz is not a what, it is a how. If you do it with swing, it’s jazz.”