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Al Jarreau

My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time.
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Blank Blue Eye Music Rain Same Shine Start Sun Time
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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Bad Day Every Fit Habit Keep Kind Many Minimalism Stay Try Walk
A very few minutes, because seven days later I was in the studio, and eight days later, I was no the stage.
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Day Eight Few Later Minute No Seven Stage Studio Very
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 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
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
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
I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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Career Chance Half Really Second Start
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 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
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
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
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
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
Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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Bed Before Being Get Important Out Say Thankful
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

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