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.
AL JARREAUYou have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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 would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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A couple of incidents of shortness of breath and checked myself into a hospital, but that one in France really sat me down for a few minutes.
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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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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 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.
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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 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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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 really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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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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Find something you would do for free.
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