You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
AL JARREAUI can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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 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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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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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.
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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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I was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
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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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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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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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It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
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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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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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These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I’m washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles.
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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 heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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