Every day is Thanksgiving for me, man. Yeah, I still have an audience, and they ask the local promoter, “When is Al coming back?”
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?
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
AL JARREAUI watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
AL JARREAUI really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
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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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Find something you would do for free.
AL JARREAUFind something you would do for free.
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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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A very few minutes, because seven days later I was in the studio, and eight days later, I was no the stage.
AL JARREAUA 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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Al 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 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.
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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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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 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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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 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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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.
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It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
AL JARREAUIt was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
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