Al Jarreau

I want to give the audience the whole package, and for me, the whole package is to give them something fresh as…

— Al Jarreau

I'm a Buckeye at heart. I spend more time giving concerts in Ohio than I do in any other state - perhaps…

— 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…

— Al Jarreau

I'm an R&B and pop singer as well as a jazzer.

— Al Jarreau

I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.

— 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…

— 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…

— Al Jarreau

I think being a little older and a little more determined and being a little more evolved in my case and maturity…

— 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

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

— Al Jarreau

I have this image in my head of me in the house I grew up in, and hearing this incredible music on…

— 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

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…

— 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

I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I'm going to do something called life and…

— Al Jarreau

“Once you discover that you can, you must.”

— Al Jarreau

I've thought about doing it as soon as it is possible with this new CD getting some wings and getting out there.…

— Al Jarreau

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

I'm saved every day by the intrinsic value of the work I do, which I truly enjoy.

— Al Jarreau

Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.

— Al Jarreau

I think a singer is an athlete. I've always tried to stay fit. Until my knee said, "Uh-uh," I was jogging. Then…

— 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

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'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

I watched Elvis Presley become - I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard. I…

— Al Jarreau