I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I’m going to do something called life and times.
AL JARREAUI was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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And there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling.
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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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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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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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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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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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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 watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
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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 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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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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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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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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Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
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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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Find something you would do for free.
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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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I’m walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal.
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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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A very few minutes, because seven days later I was in the studio, and eight days later, I was no the stage.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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