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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.

Al Jarreau

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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Brought Come Democracy Follow Guy Jazz Name Sense Together
I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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Always Athlete Fit Say Singer Think Tried
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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Boppish Brother Go Kind Knew Live Older Room Sing Sister Something Stuff
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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Anything Couple Discover Eight Give Giving Leaky Notice Problem Until
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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Dad Grandfather Quater Sang Sound Together
Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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Discover Jazz Music Must Once
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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Bay Big Blue Dizzle Sky Sun Tree Window
It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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All Background Experience Exposure Listen
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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Fashion Give Heard Introduce Music New People Quite Soon Those
The ones that you sing when you’re driving in the car and as a singer you always go back to them.
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Always Back Car Drive Go One Sing Singer
I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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Can Polkas Proud Sing That
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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Breath Check Country Couple Down Few Hospital Incident Minute Myself Problem Sat
I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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Heart Lift Sing Soul Still Would
I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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God Know Long Notion Suffer Want
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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Call Corner Do Sang Street Wop
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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Age Beep Blood Broke Cheek Do Jesus People Pinck Right Seven Shine Sing Six Smile Something Son Vessel Want

I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.

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