My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time.
AL JARREAUEvery living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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I’ve been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio or quartet.
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Find something you would do for free.
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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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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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I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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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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Oh, that’s over in aisle seven. I’ll come help you as soon as,” that’s the stuff. Find something. It could be planting flowers, especially if you can watch it.
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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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If it’s somebody else’s lyric, and the message is a little unusual for you, it requires that you learn that new message.
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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 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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I 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.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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