All Al Jarreau Quotes
- I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career. Career
- I don't know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer. Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have… Ago
- To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about. If it's somebody else's lyric, and the message is a little unusual… Ballad
- Al and Tommy and I sharing the biggest laugh because it was predicted by everything we did in the first three or four records in… Al
- These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I'm washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles. The… Aisles
- Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it's not easy. You have to take direct steps. You really have to count your… Blessing
- Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music. So given those things yes, I'm introducing… Allows
- That's the way I try to live. I think it's the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where… Beings
- I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I… Band
- My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time, and… Bay
- Once you discover that you can, then you must. Discover
- You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues. Blues
- I am a distance runner, a marathoner... literally and figuratively. Distance
- I grew up the son of a Seventh Day Adventist minister, so I was really close to the church and sang church music between sips… Adventist
- I slept fourteen feet from a polka tavern as a kid growing up. I heard polkas all night long, people singing and drinking beers and… All
- I love Sly Stone and James Brown and Stevie Wonder, and I want my music to reflect some of that. Brown
- I was really learning my craft as a jazz singer and working with some great players and all, really growing and feeling my wings. All
- I had five brothers and sisters. Four of them older, and some of them played instruments, and we would get together and have family recitals… Belonged
- Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful. Bed
- Jazz told people about the special music that came out of America and about America in general and this kind of liberty and freedom that… America
- I am inspired by all kinds of players and singers. All
- I have been with the record company and Tommy was there doing records with other people. Been
- We are just fanatics about using the technology to make it all wonderful. We laughed at the fact that we were having such a great… All
- Learn it well in your head, know it well, pick things you know and bring the old you and all the experience you have from… All
- I'm really looking forward to it because it will give me the opportunity to do the whole other kind of approach to the music live… Approach