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title: "1 Great Producer Quotes By Al Jarreau"
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> [That's Tommy, this great producer who comes in contact with people and must have a mental library of personnel who are great for this and great for that, and he brought this whole group of musicians to the project that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/that-s-tommy-this-great-producer-who-comes-in-contact-with-people-and/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

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## More by Al Jarreau

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-want-to-give-the-audience-the-whole-package-and-for-me-the-whole/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

> [I'm a Buckeye at heart. I spend more time giving concerts in Ohio than I do in any other state - perhaps more time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-m-a-buckeye-at-heart-i-spend-more-time-giving-concerts-in-ohio-than/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/let-that-get-you-up-in-the-morning-and-put-the-light-in-your-eyes-i-m/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

> [I'm an R&B and pop singer as well as a jazzer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-m-an-r-b-and-pop-singer-as-well-as-a-jazzer/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

> [I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-really-do-see-it-as-the-start-of-the-second-half-of-my-career/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/every-day-is-thanksgiving-on-this-stage-you-re-going-to-hear-god-and/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-came-along-with-that-crowd-of-singer-songwriters-who-were-able-to/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

> [I think being a little older and a little more determined and being a little more evolved in my case and maturity in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-think-being-a-little-older-and-a-little-more-determined-and-being-a/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

> [When you do a lyric for 'April in Paris,' those who have heard it before can hear it in a different way now. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/when-you-do-a-lyric-for-april-in-paris-those-who-have-heard-it-before/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

> [I was age six or seven, and singing, "Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him," and people smiled and pinched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-was-age-six-or-seven-and-singing-jesus-wants-me-for-her-son-beep-to/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

> [I have this image in my head of me in the house I grew up in, and hearing this incredible music on the television…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-have-this-image-in-my-head-of-me-in-the-house-i-grew-up-in-and/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

> [I sat on the piano bench next to my mother in church. Something happened before I set foot on this planet. I was crawling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-sat-on-the-piano-bench-next-to-my-mother-in-church-something/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

> [I'm a little bit nervous for us with all of this electronically generated new hyper-space that we've moved into, where not only people but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-m-a-little-bit-nervous-for-us-with-all-of-this-electronically/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/the-metropole-orchestra-is-like-count-basie-or-duke-ellington-with/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

> [I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I'm going to do something called life and times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-came-here-with-something-in-me-that-i-inherited-from-my-folks-so-i/)

[Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/)

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