A very few minutes, because seven days later I was in the studio, and eight days later, I was no the stage.
AL JARREAUAl 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.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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 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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Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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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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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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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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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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Find something you would do for free.
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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
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Oh, that’s over in aisle seven. I’ll come help you as soon as,” that’s the stuff. Find something. It could be planting flowers, especially if you can watch it.
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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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