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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.

Al Jarreau

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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Around Everything Eye Find Good Light Morning Ned Person Pleasant Tell
I discovered is that I have a couple of valves that were leaky and had been giving, gave me a problem then. But I hadn’t noticed anything up until then.
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Anything Couple Discover Eight Give Giving Leaky Notice Problem Until
I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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Hear Music Part
I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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God Know Long Notion Suffer Want
I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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Become Celebrity Listen Singer Watch
It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
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Down Groove Later Predict Road Something
and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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Eight Listen Night Old Seven Sing Start Summer Warm Year
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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Else Learn Little Lyric Message Require Somebody Unusual
I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee.
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Country Door Grew Know More Next People
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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Call Came Folk Going Inherited Life Something Time
I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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Always Athlete Fit Say Singer Think Tried
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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Bless Blue Decide Effort Make Really Seduce Sound
It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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All Background Experience Exposure Listen
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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Dad Grandfather Quater Sang Sound Together
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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Age Beep Blood Broke Cheek Do Jesus People Pinck Right Seven Shine Sing Six Smile Something Son Vessel Want
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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Fashion Give Heard Introduce Music New People Quite Soon Those

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