I had always been singing, all of my life, but it wasn't until I got out of high school and was on my own that I didn't have any accompaniment. Jason Mraz More Quotes by Jason Mraz More Quotes From Jason Mraz I hope everyone wakes up and appreciates life. Jason Mraz appreciate-life wake-up appreciate I would love to blog daily but I have not been making time for it because my internet is very slow. Everyone should make time for writing. Jason Mraz making-time internet writing I've always used songwriting as a way to help me organise reality. Jason Mraz helping reality way The power of yes: that's what allows creativity to breathe and to come in. That's what allows your ideas to become living, breathing, moving dreams in action. Jason Mraz creativity dream moving Music is such a powerful fundraising tool and it's so easy for me to share that and it's such a light. Jason Mraz fundraising powerful light Creativity is a religion. When you get into it, you will find your life becomes more spiritual. Jason Mraz creativity spiritual Humans will always endure suffering - even accepting the fact that we're going to die will cause us suffering, and from that stems a little pessimism and negativity that all of us are susceptible to. Jason Mraz negativity suffering facts You can't live the rest of your life carrying a pain because your parents couldn't get along. I choose to spend my life crafting a joy. Jason Mraz pain parent joy 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. Jason Mraz risk home opportunity It's when you cry just a little, but you laugh in the middle that you've made it. Jason Mraz cry littles laughing Yoga has had a profound effect on my songs and performances. I don't meditate in the traditional style of sitting and doing nothing. I prefer the zen of paying attention, such as the meditation of yoga flow, or walking meditations. I also consider singing, surfing and gardening to very meditative. Jason Mraz walking-meditation yoga song In my lifetime, I want to see humanity start being conscious of our waste, the things we buy, and how we can reuse and recycle things. I want people to live harmoniously with our planet. I hope everybody wakes up and appreciates life. Jason Mraz appreciate humanity people You just send your love and gratitude to everything that came through the experience and you wish it the best. If you don't wish it the best, then you're only holding on to its failure, you're only holding on to something that needs something from you, whereas if you wish it the best, it's not about you anymore. Jason Mraz gratitude wish needs 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! Jason Mraz dad girl book Well, for me, what I've learned at the very end of this, love is sharing, and I think that really is, for me, the best place to go to experience love, is sharing. Jason Mraz places-to-go love-is thinking My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs. Jason Mraz supportive curiosity parent I recently read that it's the left brain that does all that calculating, and the right brain that does the poetry. Somehow I've veered way towards the left. I've been doing it for years. Maybe I do art to balance it out. Jason Mraz brain years art 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 dad cat mom 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. Jason Mraz secret reality thinking 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 generosity love-you song
