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.
AL JARREAUI watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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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 know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee.
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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 heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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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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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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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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Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
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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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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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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’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 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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