To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
AL JARREAUI think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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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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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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I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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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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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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So given those things yes, I’m introducing some new music that people haven’t really heard me do in quite this fashion.
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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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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 really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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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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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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