Aaron Neville Quotes
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I might see something on TV and get inspired to write about it. I can't sit down and plan to write. It has to come to me in my head like someone telling me the words.
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Beyonce is cool, and she can really sing.
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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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I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.
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Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.
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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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Without faith, I don't think I'd be here.
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Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while.
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I even done a doo-wop version of the Mickey Mouse march.
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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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When I first went out on the road with Larry Williams, there was also, like, The Coasters, The Drifters, and The Flamingos.
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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 dad and my mom were big Nat King Cole fans, so they had everything he did.
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I didn't just get to 75 years by tiptoeing. I had to work hard sometimes.
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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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I write poetry on my iPhone. I've got about 100 poems on there.
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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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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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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 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.
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I feel it was just a few years ago I was running around in short pants.
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I balance with prayer and music. I sing every day.
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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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I dig Steve Harvey: he's the suit man. I be checking him out.