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.
AL JARREAUI was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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The ones that you sing when you’re driving in the car and as a singer you always go back to them.
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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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Find something you would do for free.
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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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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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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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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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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 would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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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 heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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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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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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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