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Al Jarreau

and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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Eight Listen Night Old Seven Sing Start Summer Warm Year
Every day is Thanksgiving for me, man. Yeah, I still have an audience, and they ask the local promoter, “When is Al coming back?”
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Audience Back Coming Day Every Local Man Promoter Still Thanksgiving Yeah
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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Bad Day Every Fit Habit Keep Kind Many Minimalism Stay Try Walk
I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
AL JARREAU

Hear Music Part
I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
AL JARREAU

Can Polkas Proud Sing That
It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
AL JARREAU

Down Groove Later Predict Road Something
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 JARREAU

Blank Blue Eye Music Rain Same Shine Start Sun Time
Every day is Thanksgiving.On this stage you’re going to hear God and none of them other words, and I ain’t going to touch my stuff.
AL JARREAU

Day Every Hear God None Other Stage Stuff Thanksgiving Them Touch Word
Find something you would do for free.
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Do Find For Free Something
You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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Blue Decide Effort Jazz Music Seduce
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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Day Eight Few Later Minute No Seven Stage Studio Very
I sang do-wop on the street corner before it was called do-wop.I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
AL JARREAU

Call Corner Do Sang Street Wop
I was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
AL JARREAU

Bench Church Dad Foot Happen Mother Next Piano Planet Set Something
And there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling.
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Bay Big Blue Dizzle Sky Sun Tree Window
I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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Heart Lift Sing Soul Still Would
Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
AL JARREAU

Bed Before Being Get Important Out Say Thankful
I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I’m going to do something called life and times.
AL JARREAU

Call Came Folk Going Inherited Life Something Time
I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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Become Celebrity Listen Singer Watch
To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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Ballad Sing Talk With
You really have to count your blessings and you have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the blues.
AL JARREAU

Bless Blue Decide Effort Make Really Seduce Sound
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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Around Everything Eye Find Good Light Morning Ned Person Pleasant Tell
I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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Career Chance Half Really Second Start
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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Aisle Come Especially Find Help Over Plant Seven Something Soon Stuff Watch
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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Buy Church Concert Five Garden Graden Member Money New Old Piano Race Year
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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Anything Couple Discover Eight Give Giving Leaky Notice Problem Until
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.
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Brought Come Democracy Follow Guy Jazz Name Sense Together
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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Almost Band Big Either Jazz Need Ought Project Quartet Say Trio Twenty Year

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