Jason Mraz Quotes
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My parents dreaded the fact that I was changing my life to do this, but I just kept doing it.
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It’s strange how dreams get under your skin and give your heart a test for what’s real and what’s imaginary.
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I can't predict what songs will do to the collective consciousness.
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In case you never noticed, the path you never chose has chosen you.
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Everything in life influences my music.
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My touring isn't about collecting souvenirs and always being on the go. My souvenirs are writing in my journal and creating new music, because that fits easily into my backpack when I'm travelling around the world. It's something that I can share later with fans or with future family members.
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I've been compared to people since the beginning. When you're starting out, you need a comparison so people will understand you right away.
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I feel like I write the same album every time but each time I try to convey the message more simply.
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Live High, Live Mighty, Live Righteously
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I'm a self-taught musician so how I read music is kind of very weak and I kind of read my own version of tablature, I write my own crappy reminders on what I'm playing.
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Some people they simply just want to hear you. And others actually have things they want to share and talk with you about. So it's important for me to be as strong as I can when I leave home so I can hold space for all of it.
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You make all the fashion statements just by dressing up your mind.
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If you have a dream, this is your chance. We don't always have to play it safe because people might think you're weird.
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I hope everyone wakes up and appreciates life.
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My dad is still the only Mraz in the Mechanicsville phone book, so he's getting calls from girls to see if I'm home!
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Writing songs is no different than explaining to somebody what you dreamed last night: No one ever gives you crap for what you dreamed last night. "I was laying in my bed, and all of a sudden a stallion jumped on my bed and the next thing I know I was in Mars but it looked like my kitchen"... That's kind of what I do with my songs, write them in a dream-like manner. It's up to people to swallow it however they want.
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To create an album of 12 songs, I've got to write about 80 songs. Half of those are totally weird and rubbish.
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You win some, you learn some.
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Sometimes people forget their own greatness.
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Well, I won't give up on us, Even if the skies get rough I'm giving you all my love, I'm still looking up
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I came from Mechanicsville, Virginia, where you have four seasons.
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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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Sometimes you forget where the heck you are but when you get on stage, you know by the look on the people's faces and the accent in their voices where you might be.
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We have the ability to manifest our thoughts: to actually say something and express what our feelings are. That, then, transforms the world and puts something into action.