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 JARREAUMy eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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And there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling.
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Find something you would do for free.
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A very few minutes, because seven days later I was in the studio, and eight days later, I was no the stage.
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If it’s somebody else’s lyric, and the message is a little unusual for you, it requires that you learn that new message.
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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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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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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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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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 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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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 watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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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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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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