Jason Mraz Quotes

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.
Jason Mraz

Life, Reason, Times

I'm totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that's the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go.
Jason Mraz

Positive, Work, Age

Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do, that way it wouldn't feel like a job. So I did that.
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Love, Music, Dad

My goal is to show everyone that they, too, can do what they love to do.
Jason Mraz

Love, Goal, Everyone

There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe.
Jason Mraz

Love, Yourself, Feeling

You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.
Jason Mraz

Person, Tell, Realize

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.
Jason Mraz

Life, Love, Family

A rescue mission doesn't involve going in and just taking a child and leaving. You can't just choose any child at random. Every kid has a case that is based on that child's original family. So, we made it over to a village, found the child; we were interacting with the child.
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Family, Made, Leaving

And if you're singing to someone, or if they're singing along, and suddenly you're in harmony, then it's actually making a huge difference on a subatomic level that is actually transforming the world.
Jason Mraz

Someone, Making, Actually

As an American citizen, one has to vote.
Jason Mraz

Vote, American, Citizen

But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream.
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Life, Strength, Live

But that guitar is the perfect companion to the human voice. You rest it against your gut, against your heart, and when you strum it the vibrations go outwards for all to hear, but the vibration also hits you on your body.
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Heart, Human, Perfect

Careers can disappear just as quickly as they're made, so I'm in no hurry.
Jason Mraz

Made, Disappear, Hurry

Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound.
Jason Mraz

Life, Music, Everything

Genre-spanning is the effort to make the live show interesting. It's also a great way to challenge yourself as a writer.
Jason Mraz

Great, Yourself, Live

Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense.
Jason Mraz

Sense, Tell, Makes

I always think of the live show first, where the song is gonna go in the show. That's why they aren't sad songs. When I play, I want to make people happy, not sad. It's such a pleasure for me to do what I do, and I want other people to feel some form of that pleasure, too.
Jason Mraz

Sad, Happy, Live

I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be a long, tough road, and I was like, if I just begin now, by the time I'm 40, I'll be good at it.
Jason Mraz

Time, Good, Long

I buy records from all across the board. I get kind of a hybrid of influences in my own music.
Jason Mraz

Music, Records, Board

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.
Jason Mraz

Everything, Song, Next

I came from Mechanicsville, Virginia, where you have four seasons.
Jason Mraz

Four, Seasons, Virginia

I didn't know if I had the music for it or if I could pull off the larger concert experience. Then I realized if I can just continue to be myself, I'll be all right.
Jason Mraz

Music, Experience, Off

I do feel most at home playing live, but the feeling of getting into the studio to see the new songs take shape was really incredible.
Jason Mraz

Home, Live, Feeling

I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz.
Jason Mraz

Mom, Dad, Everyone

I think anyone who uses the web is smart and will profit.
Jason Mraz

Smart, Anyone, Profit

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Nationality: American

Born: June 23, 1977

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