I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
AL JARREAUYou have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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I’m walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal.
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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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I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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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 sang do-wop on the street corner before it was called do-wop.I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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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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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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