I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
AL JARREAUI don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
AL JARREAUI was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
AL JARREAUI 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.
AL JARREAUTo sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
AL JARREAULet 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.
AL JARREAUI 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.
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.
AL JARREAUThat’s the way I try to live. I think it’s the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.
AL JARREAUThese songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I’m washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles.
AL JARREAUI 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’m walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal.
AL JARREAUAnd there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling.
AL JARREAUA 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.
AL JARREAUBefore I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
AL JARREAUEvery day is Thanksgiving for me, man. Yeah, I still have an audience, and they ask the local promoter, “When is Al coming back?”
AL JARREAUFind something you would do for free.
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