Al Jarreau Quotes

As a Latin musician, I understand that there are so many places where people don't know who I am. My albums never came out in Australia or Japan.

It's really hard to get fans in another country, especially here, because America is so, so big, so it's really hard to get known in this country.

Living in the U.K., there is no way to know whether anyone in India likes my music, but I was surprised to see people singing along while I performed in Pune.

I didn't think much about foreign readers when I began 'Naruto,' but I knew that many of the artists who influenced me had already been accepted overseas.

I want to take it really far in Spanish; even non-Spanish speakers listen to my music across the world. Even though they don't know what I'm saying, they really feel it. We want to take it to another level and keep building our name. We want to take it really far just in Spanish.

There is that whole realization that I'm not just speaking to Filipinos anymore: I'm speaking to a global audience.

America is very far away from Korea, so we were very impressed that people knew K-pop, let alone liked it!

Bollywood, no doubt, has a wider acclaim, and it feels top of the world to see people from all around the world dancing to my songs.

Seeing so many comments on our YouTube channel from people all over the world, even if they don't understand Japanese, made me realize that music has worldwide appeal.

No matter where you come from, if you sing in English, you can cross over to the world.

I do have a large audience overseas, and I want to continue to be an international artist.

I have fans all around the world.

I really have to say 'thank you' to our fans, because I think it's difficult for European viewers to find and watch Asian movies, and I hope you enjoy our films.

We were surprised that the television series had the kind of longevity that it had after only four years of filming it and the reception in 6 countries around the world was quite extraordinary.

Right after 'Desperate' sold to China, we were the most watched show around the world at the time. That's really something great to be a part of.

So, it's a matter of that I want to take our music around the globe.

Europe were kind of the first ones to embrace my music; the kids from around the way would come out to my shows and really enjoy it.

I always wanted to do a baseball book; I love baseball. The problem is that a very large part of my following is in non-baseball playing countries.

We were really motivated to do something with this record overseas, even though I hate touring.

Internationally, I have as large of a fan base - if not larger - than I have domestically.

I actually feel like the phrase 'big in Japan' is not appropriate for me. The reason is that there are more people who sympathize with my practice in America than there are domestically in Japan.

It feels like it's just starting in America and the UK. It's great to have a loyal fanbase in Australia and New Zealand. People in America say how polished our band are, but that didn't happen overnight; that came from doing all this touring back home.

I do pinch myself, like when shows in non-English speaking countries are sold out, and people are singing my lyrics. I don't think I'll ever lose that; I'm always appreciative every day of the support I have as an artist, because I'm not a commercial artist.

I want the little lassies who are thinking of going to a nightclub in Cardiff to stop to see what that guy's screaming for, or Grandma to put her knitting down to see why that guy's chatting about Alexander the Great. I'm after pulling in, whether it's in Manila, Beijing or whatever, the biggest possible audience.

Unlike films, which can be easily disseminated worldwide via DVDs and the Internet, plays struggle to find an international audience.