I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
AL JARREAUI’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.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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 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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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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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 would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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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 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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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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Find something you would do for free.
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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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Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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So given those things yes, I’m introducing some new music that people haven’t really heard me do in quite this fashion.
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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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