I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
AL JARREAUI 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.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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The ones that you sing when you’re driving in the car and as a singer you always go back to 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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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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’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 really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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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 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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Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
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Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music.
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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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Find something you would do for free.
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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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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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