"It seems that a lot of people, who haven’t known of me as a pianist, think I’ve just started off as a comedian. And so for them the piano was something extra. But, of course, playing the piano was something that came before all of what’s happened now."
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Interview in Crescendo (London, July and August 1966), as reproduced on the Jazz Professional website
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Dudley Moore
Dudley Stuart John Moore CBE (19 April 1935 – 27 March 2002) was a British actor, comedian and musician. He first came to attention in the revue Beyond the Fringe.
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