Find something you would do for free.
AL JARREAUTo sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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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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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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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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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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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So given those things yes, I’m introducing some new music that people haven’t really heard me do in quite this fashion.
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You really have to count your blessings and you have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the blues.
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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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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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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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That’s the way I try to live. I think it’s the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.
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