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 JARREAUI would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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When you have that light in your eye, that you feel so good, and you’re a pleasant person to be around. “Good morning, sir. Did you find everything that you need?
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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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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 the way I try to live. I think it’s the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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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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Every day is Thanksgiving for me, man. Yeah, I still have an audience, and they ask the local promoter, “When is Al coming back?”
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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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The ones that you sing when you’re driving in the car and as a singer you always go back to them.
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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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