I sang do-wop on the street corner before it was called do-wop.I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
AL JARREAUJazz 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.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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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 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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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 don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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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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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 think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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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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A very few minutes, because seven days later I was in the studio, and eight days later, I was no the stage.
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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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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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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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