Aaron Neville Quotes
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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Be honest, be nice, be a flower not a weed.
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Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.
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I owe it all to Jesus.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.
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'Yellow Moon' was a poem. My wife at the time, Joel - she's dead now - it was our 25th anniversary. She had the chance to go on a cruise with her sister. And I'm home with the kids and looking up, and I saw the big moon, and I just started writing.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
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You try to do what you can to bring harmony wherever you go.
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It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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I grew up singing Ray Charles and Jimmy Reed.
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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My friends and I were wild and we liked to joy-ride.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
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You never know how much time you got.
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Doo-wop is the true music to me, man. Doo-wop was what nurtured me and grew me into who I am, and I guess even when I was in school, the teacher probably thought I had ADD or something every day, because I'd be beating on the desks, singing like the Flamingos or the Spaniels or Clyde McPhatter or somebody.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.
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Singing is a prayer to me.