I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
AL JARREAUThat’s why it’s so important for people today and during any time to expose your children to lots of different kinds of things.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I’m going to do something called life and times.
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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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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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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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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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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 really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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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 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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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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That’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.
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Find something you would do for free.
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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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