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.
AL JARREAUI came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I’m going to do something called life and times.
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 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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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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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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Until my knee said, “Uh-uh,” I was jogging. Then I started walking. They don’t like walking a lot, but I’ll push them.
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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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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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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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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 think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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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Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music.
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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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