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Let that get you up in the morning and put the light in your eyes. I’m telling you, it makes you a better husband, mother, father, neighbor, citizen.

Al Jarreau

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
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
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
You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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Blue Decide Effort Jazz Music Seduce
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 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
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
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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Dad Grandfather Quater Sang Sound Together
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
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
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
Every day is Thanksgiving for me, man. Yeah, I still have an audience, and they ask the local promoter, “When is Al coming back?”
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Audience Back Coming Day Every Local Man Promoter Still Thanksgiving Yeah
Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music.
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Allow Audience Company Continue Give Good Health Music Obvious Record
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
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
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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Dish Down Drive Entertain Friend Myself Old Song Store Walk Wash

Let that get you up in the morning and put the light in your eyes. I’m telling you, it makes you a better husband, mother, father, neighbor, citizen.

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