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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 blessings and you have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the blues.

~Al Jarreau

Topics: Blessings Blues Count Decided Direct Discover Easy Effort Get Make Must Once Really Seduced Steps Take Then You Your

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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 been gone a long time ago.

~Al Jarreau

Topics: Been Every God Gone Good Got Know Living Living Thing Long Long Time Long Time Ago Notion Suffer Tends Thing Time Toward Us Wants Where Would

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That's Tommy, this great producer who comes in contact with people and must have a mental library of personnel who are great for this and great for that, and he brought this whole group of musicians to the project that I'd never worked with before.

~Al Jarreau

Topics: Before Brought Contact Great Group He Library Mental Musicians Must Never People Personnel Producer Project Tommy Who Whole Worked

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I've thought about doing it as soon as it is possible with this new CD getting some wings and getting out there. I don't know how soon that will be.

~Al Jarreau

Topics: About Doing Getting How Know New Out Possible Some Soon Thought Will Wings Cd

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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 that I haven't had a chance to do. and I think is important for me to do.

~Al Jarreau

Topics: Approach Because Chance Forward Give Give Me Had Important Kind Live Looking Looking Forward Me Music Opportunity Other Really Think Whole Will I Think

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More live recording. I have missed the boat over my career by not doing every second or third CD live because things happen onstage that don't happen in the studio.

~Al Jarreau

Topics: Because Boat Career Doing Every Every Second Happen Live Missed More Onstage Over Recording Second Studio Things Things Happen Third Cd

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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 singing these various kinds of feelings that are still related to what I have done in the rest of my career.

~Al Jarreau

Topics: Bring Career Done Experience Feelings Head Kinds Know Learn Old Pick Related Rest Singing Still Things Various Well You Your

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I've got an odometer on my voice that has out-odometered an odometer on an automobile.

~Al Jarreau

Topics: Automobile Got Voice

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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 at my bottle, you know? I sat on the piano bench next to my mother. She was the church organist, so that music is deeply inside of me.

~Al Jarreau

Topics: Adventist Bench Between Bottle Church Close Day Deeply Grew Inside Know Me Minister Mother Music Next Piano Really Sang Sat Seventh She Son Up You

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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 having a great time. I know more polkas than Frankie Yancovic!

~Al Jarreau

Topics: All Night Drinking Feet Fourteen Great Great Time Growing Growing Up Having Heard Kid Know Long More Night People Singing Slept Tavern Than Time Up

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: March 12th, 1940

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