Jason Mraz Quotes
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Well, my view before was a Western view, and I certainly understand marriage equality and civil rights, equal rights for all, but having visited developing nations and some of the poorest nations in the world, I realize how deep it goes and how much work really needs to be done to create equality for all.
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If it's a broken part, replace it. If it's a broken arm then brace it. If it's a broken heart, then face it.
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I think more obvious to others, is that I'm most vulnerable on stage. Even though I know which songs I'm going to play, I try and keep it loose and base my stage time more on what the audience is requesting of me.
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Everything in my life really filters down to the music.
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I meet people every single day who have heard the music and incorporated it into their lives. I feel like I have a tribe all around the world.
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I'm not always a positive person. I wake up grumpy, I read the newspaper and I get furious that the world is still at war.
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If I'm in a relationship, that girl gets showered with letters from the road. I pour my heart into it.
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The power of the masses can influence any government in the world. The power of the masses can elect an official, start a revolution, and drive history. Nelson Mandela did it alone from his prison cell. Ghandi did it lying down. Egypt did it singing songs.
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Sometimes touring can warp reality because you're never in one place long enough to get a feel for it. You don't interact with people long enough to know what real life is. That's why a lot of artists write songs about longing and missing people when they're on the road. I do my best to keep my mind open and I read a lot when I'm on tour, so I hope I have good things to write about. I'm constantly in the songwriting process.
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The soil is actually the greatest technology we have for adapting to climate change. And I feel it's our generation's duty to build it back up.
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Music is my way to shine back and express positive vibrations for a common healing. It's similar to farming, or surfing, or yoga. Before world peace, we have to have inner peace and music helps us get there.
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If you are what you eat, in my case, I'd be sweet so come and get some.
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You can turn off the sun, but I'm still gonna shine
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Oh my, justifying reasons why Is an absolutely insane resolution to live by ((Live High))
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I think anyone who uses the web is smart and will profit.
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My goal is to show everyone that they, too, can do what they love to do.
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Surrender to life itself and you'll just be rewarded with so many things. And I've been rewarded so many times, in so many mysterious ways. So I have no reason to be disappointed with anything.
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It's when you cry just a little, but you laugh in the middle that you've made it.
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Do you ever wonder what happens to the words that we send Do they bend, do they break from the flight that they take And come back together again with a whole new meaning In a brand new sense, completely unrelated to the one I sent ((Did You Get My Message?))
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If I'm having relentless thoughts, I just won't shut up in my head. I know that if I put myself on the mat and just focus on a flow that I will transmute or I will transform, transfer the energy into some other act or put my attention somewhere else, I'll be back. I'll feel stronger not only in my body but most certainly in my brain.
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Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense.
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What I'd love to do is work with kids in the U.S. to raise their awareness and encourage them to be global citizens. We're all connected these days; we can listen to the same music as kids all around the world and share our ideas.
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Equality and separation cannot exist in the same space.
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Quite simply I've distilled my mission down to the essence. The only thing I'm really here to do is shine light on people's lives through music, through laughter and to simply enjoy being with people.