I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
AL JARREAUI heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Find something you would do for free.
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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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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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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 think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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 really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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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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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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