I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
AL JARREAUObviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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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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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.
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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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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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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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I kind of knew something was going on, and my older brothers and sisters were singing be-boppish kinds of stuff in the living room.
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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.
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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 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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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.
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I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I’m going to do something called life and times.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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If it’s somebody else’s lyric, and the message is a little unusual for you, it requires that you learn that new message.
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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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