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.
AL JARREAULet 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.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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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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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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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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Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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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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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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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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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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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