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.
AL JARREAUA 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.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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Find something you would do for free.
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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’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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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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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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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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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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I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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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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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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