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.
AL JARREAUI watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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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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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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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 was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
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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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Find something you would do for free.
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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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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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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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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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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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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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Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music.
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