I was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
AL JARREAUA very few minutes, because seven days later I was in the studio, and eight days later, I was no the stage.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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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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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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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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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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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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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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