I was age six or seven, and singing, “Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him,” and people smiled and pinched my cheeks till the blood vessels broke, and I knew I was doing something right.
AL JARREAUI’m walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music.
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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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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 can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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Oh, that’s over in aisle seven. I’ll come help you as soon as,” that’s the stuff. Find something. It could be planting flowers, especially if you can watch it.
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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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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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 really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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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 think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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