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.
AL JARREAUI’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.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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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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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 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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I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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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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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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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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’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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Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago
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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 think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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 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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