I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I’m going to do something called life and times.
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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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 discovered is that I have a couple of valves that were leaky and had been giving, gave me a problem then. But I hadn’t noticed anything up until then.
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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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I did a concert at five years old in the garden of one of the church members, and we raised some money to buy a new piano in our little church.
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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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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 think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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I kind of knew something was going on, and my older brothers and sisters were singing be-boppish kinds of stuff in the living room.
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That’s why it’s so important for people today and during any time to expose your children to lots of different kinds of things.
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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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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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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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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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