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 JARREAUI kind of knew something was going on, and my older brothers and sisters were singing be-boppish kinds of stuff in the living room.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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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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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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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 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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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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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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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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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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Find something you would do for free.
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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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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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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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