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

Al Jarreau

It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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All Background Experience Exposure Listen
That’s the way I try to live. I think it’s the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.
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I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee.
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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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Anything Couple Discover Eight Give Giving Leaky Notice Problem Until
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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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
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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Fit Jogging Kneww Lot Push Start Them Until Walk
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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Always Back Car Drive Go One Sing Singer
You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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Blue Decide Effort Jazz Music Seduce
Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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Discover Jazz Music Must Once
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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Call Corner Do Sang Street Wop
I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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Can Polkas Proud Sing That
Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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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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Brought Come Democracy Follow Guy Jazz Name Sense Together
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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Bench Church Dad Foot Happen Mother Next Piano Planet Set Something
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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I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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Al and Tommy and I sharing the biggest laugh because it was predicted by everything we did in the first three or four records in my career.
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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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And there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling.
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Bay Big Blue Dizzle Sky Sun Tree Window
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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Children Different During Expose Important Kind People Thing Time Today
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 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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Buy Church Concert Five Garden Graden Member Money New Old Piano Race Year
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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Find something you would do for free.
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Do Find For Free Something

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

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