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.
AL JARREAUMy 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.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
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I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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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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I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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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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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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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music.
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