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.
AL JARREAUEvery day is Thanksgiving for me, man. Yeah, I still have an audience, and they ask the local promoter, “When is Al coming back?”
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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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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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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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A couple of incidents of shortness of breath and checked myself into a hospital, but that one in France really sat me down for a few minutes.
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I sang do-wop on the street corner before it was called do-wop.I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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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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These 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 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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Find something you would do for free.
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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 discovered is that I have a couple of valves that were leaky and had been giving, gave me a problem then. But I hadn’t noticed anything up until then.
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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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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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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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