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.
AL JARREAUYou have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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A couple of incidents of shortness of breath and checked myself into a hospital, but that one in France really sat me down for a few minutes.
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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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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’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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Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
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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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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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I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee.
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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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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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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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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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I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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