The Metropole Orchestra is like Count Basie or Duke Ellington with strings... it's strings that swing. Strings that swing like Dizzy Gillespie... keep swinging, baby. And when you have all of that special excellence of the Metropole Orchestra, then your… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
The work must be its own reward. I got that early on. And I'm blessed by meeting my own standards of excellence. — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I want to give the audience the whole package, and for me, the whole package is to give them something fresh as well. It's… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I'm a Buckeye at heart. I spend more time giving concerts in Ohio than I do in any other state - perhaps more time… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
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,… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
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… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I came along with that crowd of singer-songwriters who were able to make their own statements in such a personal way that it changed… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I think being a little older and a little more determined and being a little more evolved in my case and maturity in the… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
When you do a lyric for 'April in Paris,' those who have heard it before can hear it in a different way now. It… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I was age six or seven, and singing, "Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him," and people smiled and pinched… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I have this image in my head of me in the house I grew up in, and hearing this incredible music on the television… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I sat on the piano bench next to my mother in church. Something happened before I set foot on this planet. I was crawling… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
