Once you discover that you can, then you must.
AL JARREAUI think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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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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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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Find something you would do for free.
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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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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 heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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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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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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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Every day is Thanksgiving.On this stage you’re going to hear God and none of them other words, and I ain’t going to touch my stuff.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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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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