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.
AL JARREAUI can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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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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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 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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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 don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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I’m walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal.
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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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Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music.
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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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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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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 think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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