Aaron Neville Quotes
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I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.
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In New Orleans, music is part of the culture. You're raised with it, from the cradle to the grave, and all in-between.
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Without faith, I don't think I'd be here.
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I think St. Jude helped me achieve some miracles in my life - that's why I wear the medallion in my left ear and never take it out.
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My drummer, bass player, and guitar player sing backgrounds. They play and sing. I can sing all the harmonies, but I can't do it alone.
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I even done a doo-wop version of the Mickey Mouse march.
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I remember going up and doing 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' with Paul Simon, Santana playing up there with us.
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Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.
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My dad and my mom were big Nat King Cole fans, so they had everything he did.
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I'll be singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama, which is a great joy to me. I've done some work with them before, and they truly are amazing.
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Every day, some act of kindness comes my way, even if it's just someone opening the door. It happens every day if you keep an eye out for it. Keeping an eye out, that's the key.
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I write poetry on my iPhone. I've got about 100 poems on there.
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Singing is my entire life. I nearly lost that. I am so blessed to be able to do this. It's the only thing I've ever wanted to do.
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My mother turned me onto St. Jude back in the days when I was wild and crazy. She took me to the shrine on Rampart Street.
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God is waiting for us, to forgive us all, and what is broken, he'll fix.
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I dig Steve Harvey: he's the suit man. I be checking him out.
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Through the years, I found we had Native American blood in us. My great-grandmother came from the island of Martinique, and they hooked up with the Native Americans of Louisiana.
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Age and numbers are a concept made up by man.
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I always feel I'm blessed, you know. I thank God for letting me use his voice. That's how I see it.
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We used to play football on the levee, with no shirts on in the summer - August in New Orleans - and my skin would turn red. They'd call me Redskin, Red Apache, then it turned around to Apache Red.
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So now I have a collection of poetry by Aaron Neville and I give it to people I want to share it with. I'd like to publish it someday.
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My brother Art was a doo-wopper. He had a group that sat out on a park bench in New Orleans and sang harmonies at night, and they'd go around and win all the talent shows and get all the girls, you know.
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That's one thing you hear in my voice today. I could yodel from one octave to another octave. It always fascinated me.
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I never really got paid for 'Tell It Like Is,' but I look back at it and say God knew what he was doing; he probably figured that if I had got money back in them days, I wouldn't be here now. That's okay. I'm here. And I'm still singing the song.