A very few minutes, because seven days later I was in the studio, and eight days later, I was no the stage.
AL JARREAUI kind of knew something was going on, and my older brothers and sisters were singing be-boppish kinds of stuff in the living room.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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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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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It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
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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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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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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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Find something you would do for free.
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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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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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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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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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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 really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
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