It is a very serious consideration for a lyricist to step in there and suggest the meaning to a song. The music… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
Music is such a balm. Always has been. It's such a heartbeat, like blood thrumming through the womb. That's why music appeals… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
Jazz told people about the special music that came out of America and about America in general and this kind of liberty… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I'm touched by Jon Hendricks. I want some of my music to reflect that. And when I write, you're going to hear… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
It's always been about making music. I've never gotten caught up with the trappings. You can't get caught up in the limousines… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I love Sly Stone and James Brown and Stevie Wonder, and I want my music to reflect some of that. — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I'm touched by rock n' roll. I'm touched by the Beatles. I want some of the music I do to reflect that. — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I tour Europe a lot. They still have a love and a fascination with the basic thing about music - how it… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music. So given those things… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
What I try to get beyond is playing music at people and, instead, to play music with people because audience members are… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I'm touched by the Beatles. I want some of the music I do to reflect that. Here I am. I love Sly… — 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… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I'm washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
The band and I really enjoy working for people who enjoy the music. I haven't made a bazillion dollars doing this. I… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
The Metropole Orchestra is like Count Basie or Duke Ellington with strings... it's strings that swing. Strings that swing like Dizzy Gillespie...… — 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… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
That's Tommy, this great producer who comes in contact with people and must have a mental library of personnel who are great… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I'm really looking forward to it because it will give me the opportunity to do the whole other kind of approach to… — 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… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I'm not sure it's a better music world of appreciation and performance. I think the listener is a different guy, and listening… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I grew up the son of a Seventh Day Adventist minister, so I was really close to the church and sang church… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
Jazz should be recognized as music of the people, based in a lot of accents and melodies. What is jazz but music… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
Music - special magic that communicates feelings and sensitivities that are human and what is so wonderful about the art. Let your… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
There's a wonderful tradition of jazz people getting on stage and jamming and finding some feeling for music with audiences who may… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I was singing doo-wop on the corner under the streetlight with four other guys when it wasn't called doo-wop. We just got… — 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
