Al and Tommy and I sharing the biggest laugh because it was predicted by everything we did in the first three or four records in my career.
AL JARREAUI sang do-wop on the street corner before it was called do-wop.I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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 would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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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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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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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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Find something you would do for free.
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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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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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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I’m washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles.
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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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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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A couple of incidents of shortness of breath and checked myself into a hospital, but that one in France really sat me down for a few minutes.
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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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