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.
AL JARREAUUntil my knee said, “Uh-uh,” I was jogging. Then I started walking. They don’t like walking a lot, but I’ll push them.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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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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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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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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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Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music.
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I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
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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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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I’m going to do something called life and times.
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