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 JARREAUJazz 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’m walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal.
AL JARREAUI can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
AL JARREAUand I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
AL JARREAUI watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
AL JARREAUIf it’s somebody else’s lyric, and the message is a little unusual for you, it requires that you learn that new message.
AL JARREAUI 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.
AL JARREAUFind something you would do for free.
AL JARREAUI kind of knew something was going on, and my older brothers and sisters were singing be-boppish kinds of stuff in the living room.
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.
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 JARREAUAl 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.
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 JARREAUI really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
AL JARREAUI think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
AL JARREAUWhen 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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