Al Jarreau Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Jazz should be recognized as music of the people, based in a lot of accents and melodies. What is jazz but music that people danced to? Jazz has the dynamic thing. I don't think you have to be playing only Charlie Parker licks on your horn or whatever the new version of that is.”

“What I try to get beyond is playing music at people and, instead, to play music with people because audience members are constantly part of the experience. What they say in their body language, what they say in their eyes, what they sing with me... it's an 'us,' and there's a communication that's like... it's like church, man.”

“I have been with the record company and Tommy was there doing records with other people.”

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

“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 and Tommy and I sharing the biggest laugh because it was predicted by everything we did in the first three or four records in my career. It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.”

“I am inspired by all kinds of players and singers.”