I was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
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 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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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 can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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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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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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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 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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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’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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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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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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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 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 would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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I discovered is that I have a couple of valves that were leaky and had been giving, gave me a problem then. But I hadn’t noticed anything up until then.
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