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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.

Al Jarreau

I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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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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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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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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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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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 heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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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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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. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
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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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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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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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