Jason Mraz Quotes
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I can't predict what songs will do to the collective consciousness.
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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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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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I feel at home in intimate concert halls. I can take risks and I'm immediately forgiven if the risk is a failure because it's such a cozy atmosphere. It opens up the opportunity for conversation and for interacting with the crowd.
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Lucky to have been where I have been
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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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Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of being challenged, and for the sake of being expressive, to offer something to someone else, to learn what we are capable of.
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I think surprises are what's great about life: "WHOA! I didn't see that coming!"
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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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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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It takes some silence to make sound.
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I'm most grateful for my health. It's taken me a long time to get where I am, to feel as strong as I do in my mind and in my body. It's through that that I'm able to be present in all my relationships and not get overwhelmed by what could seem like a big task, going all around the world constantly.
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I love surfing and bodysurfing. I love getting slammed by the waves - that makes me feel alive. The waves are a good reminder that I'm small and fragile.
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I ride a bicycle everywhere I go, the physical strength is obvious, but my mental strength and my capacity to love myself and to love others has definitely expanded. And that's the one thing I need the most in taking on a life of touring and a life of basically being with hundreds of people every day and not exhaust one's energy.
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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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Being out in nature inspires me as a writer.
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Other people's lives are affected by how you are treating yourself and the way in which you are performing.
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Open up your heart and the sky is yours.
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When I sit down to write a song, I really want the message of healing to thrive and transcend all ages.
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Last weekend a young man asked me how I remain so positive. “It seems all the negativity in the world doesn’t affect you,” he said. I had no more than a minute with the young man so I offered this: It’s all about where you choose to put your attention, and I choose to be happy.
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How we treat food is how we treat ourselves. Eating and buying organic means we're committed to a healthier world overall. It's good karma.
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Love is the only thing that makes the world spin around, I think. It's weird. We have to call it "love," because we have to call it something, but it's not a word. It's an energy. It's an act. It's an action. It's a natural thing.
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So often the woman forgets her own greatness and she goes a little bat sh-- crazy sometimes. So its up to the other half to love that person back into the person we know them to be.
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I aim to write songs in a way that you don't have to have gone to Ghana to relate to it, you really just have to have a heart.