Al Jarreau Quotes

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 and the chicks. The most important thing is the music.

Al Jarreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 12, 1940 - February 12, 2017

Topics

MusicYouImportantNeverAlwaysUp

I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory partisan who assails me, and I should not have noticed you but for the fact that you are a member of the House of Commons.

John Bright

MeYouHousePoorReplyCannot

So we are pretty convinced we don't want to play huge stadiums unless we can play them well.

Jerry Garcia

PlayWantPrettyWellConvinced

If a man were living in isolation his income would be literally his product. Make him the monarch and owner of an island, and the fruits that he raises and the clothing that he makes constitute, in themselves, his income. This ceases to be true when trading begins.

John Bates Clark

ManIsolationBe TrueLivingTrue

I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.

Andrew Stanton

GoodBookHonorNeverGood Movie

I'm pretty peaceful and calm and sweet.

Jeff Perry

SweetCalmPeacefulPretty

As society changes, laws have to change to protect citizens along the way. Sometimes you have to try new and different and creative ways to solve problems. You have to take some risks.

John Rowland

ChangeCreativeRisksSocietyYou

I'd like to do Nicole Diver in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'Tender Is the Night,' if that ever gets made.

Rosamund Pike

NightLikeMadeTenderEverScott

I run in the morning, lift weights in the afternoon, basketball training at night, and then lift weights again at night.

Romeo Miller

MorningTrainingBasketballNight

One of the reasons that I'm still in the military - or I stayed in the military - is because I think the military has been a place where certainly people could improve, advance, and were treated fairly.

Michael Mullen

PeopleThinkPlaceMilitaryImprove

The sheik is, thank God, still alive and this hurts Bush who promised to his people to kill Osama.

Mohammed Omar

GodPeopleThank GodAliveStill

You will never hear me denigrating other countries.

Juan Manuel Santos

MeYouWillNeverHearOther

Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.

Jonathan Kellerman

FeelLeavingWithoutStandardsMust

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