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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.

Al Jarreau

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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Dad Grandfather Quater Sang Sound Together
I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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Always Athlete Fit Say Singer Think Tried
The ones that you sing when you’re driving in the car and as a singer you always go back to them.
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Always Back Car Drive Go One Sing Singer
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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Brought Come Democracy Follow Guy Jazz Name Sense Together
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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Else Learn Little Lyric Message Require Somebody Unusual
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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Breath Check Country Couple Down Few Hospital Incident Minute Myself Problem Sat
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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Call Came Folk Going Inherited Life Something Time
Find something you would do for free.
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Do Find For Free Something
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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Day Every Hear God None Other Stage Stuff Thanksgiving Them Touch Word
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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Aisle Come Especially Find Help Over Plant Seven Something Soon Stuff Watch
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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Being Evolution Go Human Lifetime Point Soul Stuff Think Through Try
When you have that light in your eye, that you feel so good, and you’re a pleasant person to be around. “Good morning, sir. Did you find everything that you need?
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Around Everything Eye Find Good Light Morning Ned Person Pleasant Tell
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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Audience Back Coming Day Every Local Man Promoter Still Thanksgiving Yeah
To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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Ballad Sing Talk With
and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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Eight Listen Night Old Seven Sing Start Summer Warm Year
I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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Career Chance Half Really Second Start

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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