I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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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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Al and Tommy and I sharing the biggest laugh because it was predicted by everything we did in the first three or four records in my career.
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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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Let that get you up in the morning and put the light in your eyes. I’m telling you, it makes you a better husband, mother, father, neighbor, citizen.
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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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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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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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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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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 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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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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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
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