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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More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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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 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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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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I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee.
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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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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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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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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time.
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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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Find something you would do for free.
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