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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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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Without faith, I don't think I'd be here.
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I used to always sing my way into the movies and the basketball games or whatever. I'd sing for whoever's on the door, and they'd let me in. I used to think I was Nat King Cole back in the day, you know. So I'd sing something like, 'Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you,' and they'd let me in.
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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 remember going up and doing 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' with Paul Simon, Santana playing up there with us.
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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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Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.
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Age and numbers are a concept made up by man.
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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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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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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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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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God is waiting for us, to forgive us all, and what is broken, he'll fix.
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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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I dig Steve Harvey: he's the suit man. I be checking him out.
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I didn't just get to 75 years by tiptoeing. I had to work hard sometimes.
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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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I think things happened the way they did for a reason.
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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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I've had problems with my throat over the years, playing with loud bands for years, and I've had bruised vocal chords and nodules.
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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.