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 More Quotes by Jason Mraz More Quotes From Jason Mraz Everything in life influences my music. Jason Mraz influence The internet is awesome and responsible for my success. Jason Mraz responsibleinternet Free downloads is something that I like to do its just not as publicised and it is the future of music. Jason Mraz downloads The studio and road both have their charms. The studio allows me to be a mad scientist and the tour lets me feel like James Bond. Jason Mraz scientistcharmmad 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. Jason Mraz karmameanworld I have always wanted to do an acoustic record from the very beginning of my career. I was a coffeeshop artist where everything I did was acoustic. Jason Mraz recordscareersartist When we all sing in unison - sing in harmony - things come to us on levels that are much deeper than can be seen by the naked eye. Much deeper than even our subconscious. Things are happening. Jason Mraz nakedlevelseye 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. Jason Mraz musicianselfwriting When I have a breakthrough in music and I hear the melody in my hands: that's when I get compelled - something in my gut just has to rise up and sing and put something to that. Jason Mraz breakthroughmelodyhands When I look back at what musical theatre music and show music meant to me, first of all - more than anything - what it meant to me was work. As I was growing up, I realized that singing and performing was my strong suit. Jason Mraz growing-upmusicalstrong EVERYTHING is love, so the only thing that's not love is our resistance to love, is us trying to be separate from the world. Jason Mraz tryinglove-isworld I try not to write songs. I would rather emote them, and I found myself going back to my room every night while on my trip, just pouring out new songs and new stories about what I was seeing, what I was feeling. Jason Mraz writingsongnight 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. Jason Mraz heartwritingsong Everything in my life really filters down to the music. Jason Mraz filters As things grew for me I felt like I was losing myself and wanted to stay true to myself as well. I didn't want to lose any connection I had with the audience. I felt small on a big stage and I felt like I was peaking generically to an audience. Jason Mraz connectionslosingwant I really want to be able to keep going and I realize that in some aspects I've got to treat myself like an athlete. Jason Mraz ableathletewant The soil is actually the greatest technology we have for adapting to climate change. And I feel it's our generation's duty to build it back up. Jason Mraz soilour-generationtechnology Music is my way to shine back and express positive vibrations for a common healing. It's similar to farming, or surfing, or yoga. Before world peace, we have to have inner peace and music helps us get there. Jason Mraz yogashininghealing Spirituality is nothing more than the art of paying attention. When I give my whole heart and mind to a task such as singing - life's worry, suffering, or conflicts don't exist in that moment. Additionally, singing is about breath work, which is the most essential practice to living a conscious & healthy life. Jason Mraz practicegivingart Yoga makes my day better as I am less likely to fall victim to my otherwise foolish & forgetful mind. Jason Mraz yogamindfall
