Jason Mraz Quotes
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Performing live is like harvesting your crops and sharing your food with people.
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Through my years as a writer, I've learnt how to simplify the message and pen songs that have a more specific quality - it's not just about my ego and trying to meet girls.
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When I look back at what musical theatre music and show music meant to me, first of all - more than anything - what it meant to me was work. As I was growing up, I realized that singing and performing was my strong suit.
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Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness.
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I call it sacred geometry. When everything's just right and it feels really balanced, so that when it unfolds to the next part, you feel totally familiar and at ease within the song.
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You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.
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I get my most creative energy after a show, so I love to go back to the hotel and compose new material. I generally do it in a rush. I have to get it out, otherwise I can't sleep.
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Cause even the stars they burn, some even fall to the earth. We've got a lot to learn, God knows we're worth it.
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Our shows are packed with laughter and light-hearted songs to lift the listener from their everyday life. We encourage the audience to participate in any way.
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When hands are joined, no one can point fingers.
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You're letting go of having the best possible experience you can have regardless of who you are and where you are. I think that can be applied to all things, but it's easier said than done.
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I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend Lucky to have been where I have been Lucky to be coming home again
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Hold your own. Know your name. And go your own way. And everything will be fine.
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The studio and road both have their charms. The studio allows me to be a mad scientist and the tour lets me feel like James Bond.
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I could experience vulnerability if I just constantly gave myself away without ever taking time out once a day or a couple times a day or whatever it is I need to restore, whether it's more sleep, or whether it's going to see a movie or writing something new.
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Timeless comes to mind. When you listen to it, you can't tell what year the thing was made. And you don't even care.
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To create an album of love, I really had - I thought it was going to be easy, because I've always written love songs. But I thought if I really want to make a love album that contributes, that actually means something, I've got to go deep.
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When I fall in love I take my time There's no need to hurry when I'm making up my mind You can turn off the sun but I'm still gonna shine and I'll tell you why.
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If we truly want to have world peace, we have to end human trafficking.
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There's nothing more vulnerable than just standing in front of a thousand people, or ten thousand people, and doing your best to entertain them, touch them in some way.
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When I play with the full band, you get to be larger than life, you feel larger than life, and that particular moment in the song where there's passion, you've got nine guys behind you, all driving that sound and that feeling with you. That's like surfing a huge wave, because once you start you really can't stop it, you got it going down a huge mountain.
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Creating the record is like digging up the earth, planting your seeds and waiting to see what happens.
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I won't give up. Even if the skies get rough.
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As things grew for me I felt like I was losing myself and wanted to stay true to myself as well. I didn't want to lose any connection I had with the audience. I felt small on a big stage and I felt like I was peaking generically to an audience.