You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
AL JARREAUOnce you discover that you can, then you must. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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 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 heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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I kind of knew something was going on, and my older brothers and sisters were singing be-boppish kinds of stuff in the living room.
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Find something you would do for free.
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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’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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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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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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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’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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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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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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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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