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

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What I'd love to do is work with kids in the U.S. to raise their awareness and encourage them to be global citizens. We're all connected these days; we can listen to the same music as kids all around the world and share our ideas.

citizens kids ideas

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.

love-life looks needs

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.

wave surfing alive

I love the feeling of putting my feet back on the sand after I've been out in the ocean for a while. I love that. I guess the adrenaline calms down when the sense of balance returns in a really grounded way.

ocean feet feelings

My touring isn't about collecting souvenirs and always being on the go. My souvenirs are writing in my journal and creating new music, because that fits easily into my backpack when I'm travelling around the world. It's something that I can share later with fans or with future family members.

creating writing world

I think surprises are what's great about life: "WHOA! I didn't se... by Jason Mraz

I think surprises are what's great about life: "WHOA! I didn't see that coming!"

surprise thinking

Sometimes touring can warp reality because you're never in one place long enough to get a feel for it. You don't interact with people long enough to know what real life is. That's why a lot of artists write songs about longing and missing people when they're on the road. I do my best to keep my mind open and I read a lot when I'm on tour, so I hope I have good things to write about. I'm constantly in the songwriting process.

real writing song

I was a horrible student! It just sort of evolved as I started playing. I guess I became a master of it when I declared myself a wordsmith or a... word-play guy. As soon as I declared it and started that affirmation, I just became it.

guy students play

I love getting a smile out of my girlfriend - that makes me feel... by Jason Mraz

I love getting a smile out of my girlfriend - that makes me feel like I'm seen, or heard.

my-girlfriend girlfriend heard

I can't predict what songs will do to the collective consciousnes... by Jason Mraz

I can't predict what songs will do to the collective consciousness.

collectives consciousness song

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.

focus somewhere-else brain

To create an album of 12 songs, I've got to write about 80 songs. Half of those are totally weird and rubbish.

albums writing song

To create an album of love, I really had - I thought it was going to be easy, because I've always written love songs. But I thought if I really want to make a love album that contributes, that actually means something, I've got to go deep.

albums song mean

Whenever there's a camera in my face, that's when I feel vulnerable, and then it turns into a little bit of being self-conscious, which I think is the worst kind of vulnerability.

self littles thinking

Being a human means waking up in this world, where we all have to work and slog to put food on the table.

wake-up mean world

I know that if I do the right amount of, say, meditation and hot yoga or something, I can move the energy through my body and get rid of my cold within twenty-four hours.

yoga meditation moving

I'm not always a positive person. I wake up grumpy, I read the newspaper and I get furious that the world is still at war.

wake-up war world

There's nothing more vulnerable than just standing in front of a thousand people, or ten thousand people, and doing your best to entertain them, touch them in some way.

vulnerable people way

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.

grateful strong taken

I had to have a lot of jobs until I was supporting myself through music, but I knew that those jobs were all leading me to something. It was all, again, about taking things one step at a time, one day at a time.

one-day-at-a-time steps jobs