It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
AL JARREAUI 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.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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’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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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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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That’s why it’s so important for people today and during any time to expose your children to lots of different kinds of things.
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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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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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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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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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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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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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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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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