I was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
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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Find something you would do for free.
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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 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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I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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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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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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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 heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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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That’s why it’s so important for people today and during any time to expose your children to lots of different kinds of things.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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