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.
AL JARREAUI know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
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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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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.
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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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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 watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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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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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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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 would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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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