It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
AL JARREAUIt was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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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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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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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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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 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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These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I’m washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles.
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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 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. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
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I’m walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal.
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I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee.
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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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Find something you would do for free.
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I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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