I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
AL JARREAUI heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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 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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I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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Oh, that’s over in aisle seven. I’ll come help you as soon as,” that’s the stuff. Find something. It could be planting flowers, especially if you can watch it.
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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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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 heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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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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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I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee.
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Find something you would do for free.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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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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