I buy records from all across the board. I get kind of a hybrid of influences in my own music. Jason Mraz More Quotes by Jason Mraz More Quotes From Jason Mraz A picture can say 1000 words but it can also inspire you to write 1000 more. Jason Mraz writinginspire Other people's lives are affected by how you are treating yourself and the way in which you are performing. Jason Mraz performingpeopleway I write a lot of material you've never heard that live inside my sadness. You'll hear a song that lasts six to seven minutes of just beautiful sadness. But I can't just go out on the stage to ask five thousand people to be sad with me for seven straight minutes. Jason Mraz writingsongbeautiful 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. Jason Mraz laughterlightessence I struggle with how humankind ended up this way. We made ourselves slaves to money, and we all have to work and be a part of this thing when time is always ticking. And before we know it, a decade has gone by, and did I really get to do everything I wanted to do or say everything I wanted to say? Jason Mraz strugglegoneway 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. Jason Mraz blockangerhealing I am who I am, you are who you are, and everything else is a perception based on acceptance, deception, smoke, mirrors, and so on. It's what's between us that seems to justify our accidental identities. Jason Mraz who-i-ammirrorsacceptance For every action there’s a reaction. And also, for every action there’s an equal and opposite criticism. Jason Mraz criticismoppositesaction You make all the fashion statements just by dressing up your mind. Jason Mraz dressing-upfashionmind 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 sacredeasesong 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. Jason Mraz guitarvoiceheart My goal is to show everyone that they, too, can do what they love to do. Jason Mraz goalshowscan-do There's no shame in being crazy. Jason Mraz being-crazyshamecrazy The more I travel around the world, the more I see people want the same thing - to be happy. We wouldn't be in a monetary system if we didn't have to work, so if my music can contribute to happiness, then that's my main responsibility. Jason Mraz responsibilitypeopleworld The unavoidable kiss, where the minty fresh death breath is sure to outlast his catastrophe. Jason Mraz kissingmediaart I enjoy going on stage knowing that there's going to be that vulnerability and that transparency and hopefully things will be realized or accomplished or that confidence will be revealed. I think that's another element that people like about shows: in addition to hearing the songs that they love, I think there are some people who really get off on connecting with what's happening right now. Jason Mraz knowingsongthinking It takes some silence to make sound. Jason Mraz silencesound You don't have to live near the ocean for it to have an impact on you. And you don't have to live near the ocean for you to have an impact on it. Jason Mraz impactocean 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. Jason Mraz characterpeoplethinking 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 letting-golifeway
