Jason Mraz Quotes
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You don't need a vacation when there's nothing to escape from.
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I discovered at 18 that singing and songwriting was my strength. I decided that it was closest to my heart and if I pursued it then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream.
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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.
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It's through my health that I'm able to maintain that every single day and keep light in people until I'm actually of service to others.
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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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I've always used songwriting as a way to help me organise reality.
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Live High, Live Mighty, Live Righteously
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A lot of those ideal towns are all starting to look the same, the specifics are starting to disappear. So we need to retain a love for life, a love for one's family, a love for where one's really from.
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Transformation is my favorite game and in my experience, anger and frustration are the result of you not being authentic somewhere in your life or with someone in your life. Being fake about anything creates a block inside of you. Life can’t work for you if you don’t show up as you.
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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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My memory is not so good so my most memorable show is the last one I played. Songs are written with intention but they only emerge in the moment.
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I would enjoy doing what cats do: singing, sleeping, and licking my nuts.
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I hope everyone wakes up and appreciates life.
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Two halves don't make a whole. Two wholes make a whole. In my relationship, I was giving myself away to make the relationship better, but in actuality, wasn't doing better by doing that. I became less of a man.
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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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The measure of your character is not what you do when people are looking. It’s what you do when you think no one is looking.
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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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When you're writing a song and there are five people invested in it, it's easy for one person to say, 'Oh, this song is about this and that', and everyone has to hear the idea and see if they can do better.
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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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Being a human means waking up in this world, where we all have to work and slog to put food on the table.
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When you choose to be a loving person, it's magical how love comes back to you and brightens someone's day, changing your mood and that of the world.
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I look around my life and it's hard to believe that music has given me all that I have.
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When all of us are acknowledged as the human equals that we really are, there will be no space left for bullying. It will no longer be wrong to choose one thing over another.
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I think especially with the Internet and the amount of reality shows that are going on, there's no way to keep a secret anymore, so I try to let my project be as much as reality show as I can allow it to be.