A couple of incidents of shortness of breath and checked myself into a hospital, but that one in France really sat me down for a few minutes.
AL JARREAUSo given those things yes, I’m introducing some new music that people haven’t really heard me do in quite this fashion.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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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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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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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That’s why it’s so important for people today and during any time to expose your children to lots of different kinds of things.
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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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When you have that light in your eye, that you feel so good, and you’re a pleasant person to be around. “Good morning, sir. Did you find everything that you need?
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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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I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee.
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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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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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I sang do-wop on the street corner before it was called do-wop.I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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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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