If it’s somebody else’s lyric, and the message is a little unusual for you, it requires that you learn that new message.
AL JARREAUThese songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I’m washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles.
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I’m walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal.
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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 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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I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee.
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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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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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I was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
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Oh, that’s over in aisle seven. I’ll come help you as soon as,” that’s the stuff. Find something. It could be planting flowers, especially if you can watch it.
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Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music.
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My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time.
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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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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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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 think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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And there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling.
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