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 really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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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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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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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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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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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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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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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Every day is Thanksgiving for me, man. Yeah, I still have an audience, and they ask the local promoter, “When is Al coming back?”
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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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Find something you would do for free.
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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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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time.
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