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I sat on the piano bench next to my mother in church. Something happened before I set foot on this planet. I was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
Al Jarreau
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Al Jarreau
Age: 76 †
Born: 1940
Born: March 12
Died: 2017
Died: February 12
Jazz Musician
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Milwaukee City
Wisconsin
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about. 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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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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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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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.
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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, and there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling.
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I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee. I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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I don't know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer. Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago.
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It's all background experience and listening and exposure. 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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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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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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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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I would still be singing, because it's part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up. Find something you would do for free.
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I watched Elvis Presley become - I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard. I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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Once you discover that you can, then you must.
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