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.
AL JARREAUThese songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I’m washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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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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Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
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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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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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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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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’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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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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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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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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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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It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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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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