--- title: "12 Jazz Quotes By Al Jarreau" description: "12 Jazz quotes by Al Jarreau. Plus more from Al Jarreau and more Jazz sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/al-jarreau-7533_ability_once-you-discover-that-you-can-then-you_2009191.png" --- > [Once you discover that you can, then you must.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/once-you-discover-that-you-can-then-you-must/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/al-jarreau-7533_ability_once-you-discover-that-you-can-then-you_2009191.png) > [I'm this strange kind of fusion of jazz, pop, and R&B.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-m-this-strange-kind-of-fusion-of-jazz-pop-and-r-b/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a94/al-jarreau-7533_fusion_i-m-this-strange-kind-of-fusion-of-jazz_1543216.png) > [You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/you-have-to-make-a-decided-effort-to-not-get-seduced-by-the-blues/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/al-jarreau-7533_blues_you-have-to-make-a-decided-effort-to-not_1375087.png) > [I was really learning my craft as a jazz singer and working with some great players and all, really growing and feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-was-really-learning-my-craft-as-a-jazz-singer-and-working-with-some/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/al-jarreau-7533_craft_i-was-really-learning-my-craft-as-a-jazz_2295092.png) > [Jazz told people about the special music that came out of America and about America in general and this kind of liberty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/jazz-told-people-about-the-special-music-that-came-out-of-america-and/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/al-jarreau-7533_about_jazz-told-people-about-the-special-music_1682957.png) > [I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-ve-been-saying-for-almost-20-years-that-i-need-to-do-a-jazz-project/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/388/al-jarreau-7533_band_i-ve-been-saying-for-almost-20-years-tha_2940318.jpg) > [Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/every-good-gospel-singer-you-can-hear-is-a-scat-singer-they-re-just/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/al-jarreau-7533_christianity_every-good-gospel-singer-you-can-hear-is_1140314.png) > [Jazz brought this sense of democracy where four guys come together and your name may be on the marquee, but in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/jazz-brought-this-sense-of-democracy-where-four-guys-come-together/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/al-jarreau-7533_democracy_jazz-brought-this-sense-of-democracy-whe_2346059.png) > [I don't know how much more what I've done is any more important than what Ella Fitzgerald did. Ella crossed those lines,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-don-t-know-how-much-more-what-i-ve-done-is-any-more-important-than/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/al-jarreau-7533_able_i-don-t-know-how-much-more-what-i-ve-don_1991624.jpg) > [Jazz should be recognized as music of the people, based in a lot of accents and melodies. What is jazz but music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/jazz-should-be-recognized-as-music-of-the-people-based-in-a-lot-of/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b28/al-jarreau-7533_accents_jazz-should-be-recognized-as-music-of-th_3178405.png) > [There's a wonderful tradition of jazz people getting on stage and jamming and finding some feeling for music with audiences who may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/there-s-a-wonderful-tradition-of-jazz-people-getting-on-stage-and/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/al-jarreau-7533_audiences_there-s-a-wonderful-tradition-of-jazz-pe_2667997.png) > [Since the beginning of my recording career in 1975, I have had a little difficulty because the pop stations think I'm a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/since-the-beginning-of-my-recording-career-in-1975-i-have-had-a/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/al-jarreau-7533_am_since-the-beginning-of-my-recording-care_1213863.png) ## Other authors on Jazz - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-wynton-marsalis-96408.jpg) Wynton Marsalis 67 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz/wynton-marsalis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-miles-davis-68255.jpg) Miles Davis 43 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz/miles-davis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-herbie-hancock-41856.jpg) Herbie Hancock 35 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz/herbie-hancock/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-geiberger-10147.jpg) Robert Glasper 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz/robert-glasper/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sonny-rollins-86209.jpg) Sonny Rollins 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz/sonny-rollins/) - [Pat Metheny 28 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz/pat-metheny/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-louis-armstrong-61331.jpg) Louis Armstrong 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz/louis-armstrong/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-kamasi-washington-54953.jpg) Kamasi Washington 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz/kamasi-washington/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kurt-elling-58020.jpg) Kurt Elling 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz/kurt-elling/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thelonious-monk-89994.jpg) Thelonious Monk 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz/thelonious-monk/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-van-morrison-93136.jpg) Van Morrison 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz/van-morrison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stan-getz-86588.jpg) Stan Getz 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz/stan-getz/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz/al-jarreau/#itemlist", "name": "12 Jazz Quotes By Al Jarreau", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Once you discover that you can, then you must.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Al Jarreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/once-you-discover-that-you-can-then-you-must/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/al-jarreau-7533_ability_once-you-discover-that-you-can-then-you_2009191.png", "contentUrl": 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