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I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.

Al Jarreau

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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Aisle Come Especially Find Help Over Plant Seven Something Soon Stuff Watch
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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Boppish Brother Go Kind Knew Live Older Room Sing Sister Something Stuff
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
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 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
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

Dish Down Drive Entertain Friend Myself Old Song Store Walk Wash
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
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
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
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
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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Big Career Everything First Four Laugh Predict Record Share Three
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 can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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Can Polkas Proud Sing That
To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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Ballad Sing Talk With
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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Almost Band Big Either Jazz Need Ought Project Quartet Say Trio Twenty Year
Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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Discover Jazz Music Must Once
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 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
Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
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Direct Discover Easy Must Once Step Take
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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Breath Check Country Couple Down Few Hospital Incident Minute Myself Problem Sat
I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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Heart Lift Sing Soul Still Would
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
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
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
You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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Blue Decide Effort Jazz Music Seduce
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
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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Day Every Hear God None Other Stage Stuff Thanksgiving Them Touch Word

I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.

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