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I was age six or seven, and singing, “Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him,” and people smiled and pinched my cheeks till the blood vessels broke, and I knew I was doing something right.

Al Jarreau

I’m walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal.
AL JARREAU

Bad Day Every Fit Habit Keep Kind Many Minimalism Stay Try Walk
I kind of knew something was going on, and my older brothers and sisters were singing be-boppish kinds of stuff in the living room.
AL JARREAU

Boppish Brother Go Kind Knew Live Older Room Sing Sister Something Stuff
I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
AL JARREAU

Always Athlete Fit Say Singer Think Tried
You really have to count your blessings and you have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the blues.
AL JARREAU

Bless Blue Decide Effort Make Really Seduce Sound
I’ve been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio or quartet.
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Almost Band Big Either Jazz Need Ought Project Quartet Say Trio Twenty Year
I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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Heart Lift Sing Soul Still Would
I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
AL JARREAU

Career Chance Half Really Second Start
I sang do-wop on the street corner before it was called do-wop.I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
AL JARREAU

Call Corner Do Sang Street Wop
Jazz brought this sense of democracy where four guys come together and your name may be on the marquee, but in this moment, when you’re the soloist, it’s you, and we follow you. We follow you.
AL JARREAU

Brought Come Democracy Follow Guy Jazz Name Sense Together
Let that get you up in the morning and put the light in your eyes. I’m telling you, it makes you a better husband, mother, father, neighbor, citizen.
AL JARREAU

Better Citizen Eyes Father Husband Light Make Morning Mother Neighbour Put Tell
I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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God Know Long Notion Suffer Want
I discovered is that I have a couple of valves that were leaky and had been giving, gave me a problem then. But I hadn’t noticed anything up until then.
AL JARREAU

Anything Couple Discover Eight Give Giving Leaky Notice Problem Until
A couple of incidents of shortness of breath and checked myself into a hospital, but that one in France really sat me down for a few minutes.
AL JARREAU

Breath Check Country Couple Down Few Hospital Incident Minute Myself Problem Sat
My dad graduated seminary there, and so did (sounds like) Mark Kimball’s grandfather. They sang in a quartet together, my dad and Mark Kimball’s grandfather.
AL JARREAU

Dad Grandfather Quater Sang Sound Together
I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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Become Celebrity Listen Singer Watch
Every day is Thanksgiving for me, man. Yeah, I still have an audience, and they ask the local promoter, “When is Al coming back?”
AL JARREAU

Audience Back Coming Day Every Local Man Promoter Still Thanksgiving Yeah

I was age six or seven, and singing, “Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him,” and people smiled and pinched my cheeks till the blood vessels broke, and I knew I was doing something right.

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I was age six or seven, and singing, “Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him,” and people smiled and pinched my cheeks till the blood vessels broke, and I knew I was doing something right.

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