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.
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.
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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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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Find something you would do for free.
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I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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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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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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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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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 came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I’m going to do something called life and times.
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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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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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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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My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time.
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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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