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.
AL JARREAUI think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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 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 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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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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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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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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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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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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Until my knee said, “Uh-uh,” I was jogging. Then I started walking. They don’t like walking a lot, but I’ll push them.
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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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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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Find something you would do for free.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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