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 JARREAUTo sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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 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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I was age six or seven, and singing, “Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him,” and people smiled and pinched my cheeks till the blood vessels broke, and I knew I was doing something right.
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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 really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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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.
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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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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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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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That’s why it’s so important for people today and during any time to expose your children to lots of different kinds of things.
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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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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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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