Every day is Thanksgiving for me, man. Yeah, I still have an audience, and they ask the local promoter, "When is Al coming back?".

It's all background experience and listening and exposure. That's why it's so important for people today and during any time to expose your children ….

I sat on the piano bench next to my mother in church. Something happened before I set foot on this planet. I was crawling around inside of her. She w….

You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues..

Jazz brought this sense of democracy where four guys come together and your name may be on the marquee, but in this moment, when you're the soloist, ….

I was age six or seven, and singing, "Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him," and people smiled and pinched my cheeks till the blood ves….

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 touch my stuff..

My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time, and there were these big bay w….

I watched Elvis Presley become - I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard. I heard that music, and it ….

I would still be singing, because it's part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up. Find something you would do for free..

I think a singer is an athlete. I've always tried to stay fit. Until my knee said, "Uh-uh," I was jogging. Then I started walking. They don't like wa….

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

These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I'm washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles. The ones th….

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..

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….

I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee. I can sing some polkas. And proud of that..

To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about. If it's somebody else's lyric, and the message is a little unusual for you, i….

Let that get you up in the morning and put the light in your eyes. I'm telling you, it makes you a better husband, mother, father, neighbor, citizen,….

I did a concert at five years old in the garden of one of the church members, and we raised some money to buy a new piano in our little church..

I'm walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal..

I kind of knew something was going on, and my older brothers and sisters were singing be-boppish kinds of stuff in the living room, and I was listeni….