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 JARREAUIt’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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 don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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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 really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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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I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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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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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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I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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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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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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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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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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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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