I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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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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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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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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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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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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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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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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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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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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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 heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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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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.
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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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