I sang do-wop on the street corner before it was called do-wop.I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
AL JARREAUIf it’s somebody else’s lyric, and the message is a little unusual for you, it requires that you learn that new message.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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That’s the way I try to live. I think it’s the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.
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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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It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
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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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Every day is Thanksgiving.On this stage you’re going to hear God and none of them other words, and I ain’t going to touch my stuff.
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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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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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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.
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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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Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
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The ones that you sing when you’re driving in the car and as a singer you always go back to them.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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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