It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
AL JARREAUMy eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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You really have to count your blessings and you have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the blues.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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Until my knee said, “Uh-uh,” I was jogging. Then I started walking. They don’t like walking a lot, but I’ll push them.
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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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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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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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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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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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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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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I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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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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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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