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.
AL JARREAUYou really have to count your blessings and you have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the blues.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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 think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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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 really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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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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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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Find something you would do for free.
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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 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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Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
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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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Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music.
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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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