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Al Jarreau

Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
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Direct Discover Easy Must Once Step Take
I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I’m going to do something called life and times.
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Call Came Folk Going Inherited Life Something Time
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.
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Buy Church Concert Five Garden Graden Member Money New Old Piano Race Year
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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Being Evolution Go Human Lifetime Point Soul Stuff Think Through Try
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.
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Better Citizen Eyes Father Husband Light Make Morning Mother Neighbour Put Tell
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.
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Dad Grandfather Quater Sang Sound Together
I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee.
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Country Door Grew Know More Next People
To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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Ballad Sing Talk With
If it’s somebody else’s lyric, and the message is a little unusual for you, it requires that you learn that new message.
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Else Learn Little Lyric Message Require Somebody Unusual
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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Age Beep Blood Broke Cheek Do Jesus People Pinck Right Seven Shine Sing Six Smile Something Son Vessel Want
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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Big Career Everything First Four Laugh Predict Record Share Three
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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Around Everything Eye Find Good Light Morning Ned Person Pleasant Tell
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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Blank Blue Eye Music Rain Same Shine Start Sun Time
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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Brought Come Democracy Follow Guy Jazz Name Sense Together
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
Every day is Thanksgiving.On this stage you’re going to hear God and none of them other words, and I ain’t going to touch my stuff.
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Day Every Hear God None Other Stage Stuff Thanksgiving Them Touch Word

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