I did a concert at five years old in the garden of one of the church members, and we raised some money to buy a new piano in our little church.
AL JARREAUOnce you discover that you can, then you must. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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.
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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.
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That’s why it’s so important for people today and during any time to expose your children to lots of different kinds of things.
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Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
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You really have to count your blessings and you have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the blues.
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I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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Find something you would do for free.
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Until my knee said, “Uh-uh,” I was jogging. Then I started walking. They don’t like walking a lot, but I’ll push them.
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So given those things yes, I’m introducing some new music that people haven’t really heard me do in quite this fashion.
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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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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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Al and Tommy and I sharing the biggest laugh because it was predicted by everything we did in the first three or four records in my career.
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Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
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