Song Quotes by Al Jarreau

I did a concert at five years old in the garden of one of the church members, and we raised some money…

— Al Jarreau

I was age six or seven, and singing, "Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him," and people smiled…

— Al Jarreau

It is a very serious consideration for a lyricist to step in there and suggest the meaning to a song. The music…

— Al Jarreau

Jazz brought this sense of democracy where four guys come together and your name may be on the marquee, but in this…

— Al Jarreau

I kind of knew something was going on, and my older brothers and sisters were singing be-boppish kinds of stuff in the…

— Al Jarreau

Learn it well in your head, know it well, pick things you know and bring the old you and all the experience…

— Al Jarreau

Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music. So given those things…

— Al Jarreau

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

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

Jazz should be recognized as music of the people, based in a lot of accents and melodies. What is jazz but music…

— Al Jarreau

When you do a lyric for 'April in Paris,' those who have heard it before can hear it in a different way…

— 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...…

— Al Jarreau

To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about. If it's somebody else's lyric, and the message is…

— Al Jarreau

My mother and father come from that post-Depression, middle-of-World-War -I kind of thinking that says, 'Find a practical job. You know what…

— Al Jarreau

I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big…

— Al Jarreau

Jazz told people about the special music that came out of America and about America in general and this kind of liberty…

— Al Jarreau

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

I was really learning my craft as a jazz singer and working with some great players and all, really growing and feeling…

— Al Jarreau

I would still be singing, because it's part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up. Find something you…

— Al Jarreau

I had five brothers and sisters. Four of them older, and some of them played instruments, and we would get together and…

— Al Jarreau

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

I sat on the piano bench next to my mother in church. Something happened before I set foot on this planet. I…

— Al Jarreau

My dad graduated seminary there, and so did (sounds like) Mark Kimball's grandfather. They sang in a quartet together, my dad and…

— Al Jarreau