I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I’m going to do something called life and times.
AL JARREAUThat’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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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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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
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Al and Tommy and I sharing the biggest laugh because it was predicted by everything we did in the first three or four records in my career.
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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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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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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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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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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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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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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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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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I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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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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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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