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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.

Al Jarreau

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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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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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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Dad Grandfather Quater Sang Sound Together
To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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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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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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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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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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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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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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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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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 think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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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.
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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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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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