Al Jarreau

The band and I really enjoy working for people who enjoy the music. I haven't made a bazillion dollars doing this. I do it because I love it. I did it for free and will do it for free in the morning. ”

I love connecting with the audience, and there's more ways than one to do that. ”

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. ”

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. ”

It's a wonderful thing to have life and to look at all this creation and say thank you. I even say it on stage. ”

I can't imagine a more ideal life. ”

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. ”

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

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 some new music that people haven't really heard me do in quite this fashion. ”

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