--- title: "10 More Quotes By Al Jarreau" description: "10 More quotes by Al Jarreau. Plus more from Al Jarreau and more More sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/al-jarreau-7533_ideal_i-can-t-imagine-a-more-ideal-life-262996_2629968.png" --- > [I can't imagine a more ideal life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-can-t-imagine-a-more-ideal-life/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/al-jarreau-7533_ideal_i-can-t-imagine-a-more-ideal-life-262996_2629968.png) > [I love connecting with the audience, and there's more ways than one to do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-love-connecting-with-the-audience-and-there-s-more-ways-than-one-to/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e7/al-jarreau-7533_audience_i-love-connecting-with-the-audience-and_3194432.png) > [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) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/al-jarreau-7533_more_i-m-a-little-bit-nervous-for-us-with-all_394856.jpg) > [More live recording. I have missed the boat over my career by not doing every second or third CD live because things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/more-live-recording-i-have-missed-the-boat-over-my-career-by-not/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/al-jarreau-7533_because_more-live-recording-i-have-missed-the-bo_1592351.jpg) > [I slept fourteen feet from a polka tavern as a kid growing up. I heard polkas all night long, people singing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-slept-fourteen-feet-from-a-polka-tavern-as-a-kid-growing-up-i-heard/) [Al Jarreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-jarreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63e/al-jarreau-7533_all-night_i-slept-fourteen-feet-from-a-polka-taver_2671245.png) > [I'm a Buckeye at heart. I spend more time giving concerts in Ohio than I do in any other state - perhaps…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/al-jarreau-7533_any_i-m-a-buckeye-at-heart-i-spend-more-time_62625.jpg) > [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) > [I think being a little older and a little more determined and being a little more evolved in my case and maturity…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/al-jarreau-7533_aging_i-think-being-a-little-older-and-a-littl_235970.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) ## Other authors on More ## 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/more/al-jarreau/#itemlist", "name": "10 More Quotes By Al Jarreau", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can't imagine a more ideal life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Al Jarreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-can-t-imagine-a-more-ideal-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/al-jarreau-7533_ideal_i-can-t-imagine-a-more-ideal-life-262996_2629968.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/al-jarreau-7533_ideal_i-can-t-imagine-a-more-ideal-life-262996_2629968.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/al-jarreau-7533_ideal_i-can-t-imagine-a-more-ideal-life-262996_2629968.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can't imagine a more ideal life.” — Al Jarreau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love connecting with the audience, and there's more ways than one to do that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Al Jarreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-love-connecting-with-the-audience-and-there-s-more-ways-than-one-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e7/al-jarreau-7533_audience_i-love-connecting-with-the-audience-and_3194432.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e7/al-jarreau-7533_audience_i-love-connecting-with-the-audience-and_3194432.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e7/al-jarreau-7533_audience_i-love-connecting-with-the-audience-and_3194432.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love connecting with the audience, and there's more ways than one to do that.” — Al Jarreau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. 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Ella crossed those lines, as did George Benson before me. There've been lots of people who brought a pop audience to jazz because they were able to link the two and give people easy access to the world of jazz.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Al Jarreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-jarreau/i-don-t-know-how-much-more-what-i-ve-done-is-any-more-important-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/al-jarreau-7533_able_i-don-t-know-how-much-more-what-i-ve-don_1991624.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/al-jarreau-7533_able_i-don-t-know-how-much-more-what-i-ve-don_1991624.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/al-jarreau-7533_able_i-don-t-know-how-much-more-what-i-ve-don_1991624.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't know how much more what I've done is any more important than what Ella Fitzgerald did. 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