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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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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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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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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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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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 think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
AL JARREAUI think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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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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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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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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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.
AL JARREAUOh, 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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Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music.
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I’m walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal.
AL JARREAUI’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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