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Jason Mraz is an American singer-songwriter known for his upbeat music style and distinctive voice. His music blends elements of pop, folk, and reggae, making him popular worldwide. Mraz's hit songs include 'I'm Yours', 'Lucky', and 'I Will Survive', which have achieved great success globally.

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“Everything in my life really filters down to the music.”

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“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.”

Want Wells Bigs Wanted Felt Loses Audience Stage Grew Losing Connections Stay True True To Myself Losing Myself Peaking

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“When you play a smaller, more intimate venue, you can have real conversations with your audience, take risks, and stay current. You can also change the set list, on how the day feels or how the audience reacts. When you do arena shows, every arena looks and feels the same. You can't see who is in the room.”

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“I was raised playing music in coffeehouses and I feel that was the foundation for my career. I think it is important that we remember where we came from.”

Thinking Feels Important Remember Careers Foundation Raised Playing Music Where We Came

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“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.”

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“Creating the record is like digging up the earth, planting your seeds and waiting to see what happens.”

Happens Earth Waiting Records Creating Seeds Digging

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“Performing live is like harvesting your crops and sharing your food with people.”

People Performing Crops Performing Live

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“I get tired of the same albums, the same look and singing the same songs. When I get bored I paint, I plant trees and just do something different. I get far away from singing.”

Looks Different Song Tree Singing Tired Plant Paint Albums Bored Far Away Plant A Tree

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“I was curious as to why a million Americans weren't lining the beaches in boats and with buckets to preserve the life sustaining resource that is the Gulf of Mexico. Personally, as a surfer, I was most sorry for my fellow watermen. Seeing beaches closed due to contamination just broke my heart. If that ever happened in San Diego I'm afraid I might be forced to move.”

“Everything in life influences my music.”

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“The internet is awesome and responsible for my success.”

Internet Responsible

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“Free downloads is something that I like to do its just not as publicised and it is the future of music.”

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“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.”

Feels Scientist Let Me Mad Studios Charm Mad Scientist

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“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.”

World Mean Eating Treats Committed Karma Buying Good Karma

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“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.”

Feels Technology Generations Duty Climate Climate Change Soil Our Generation Adapting

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“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.”

World Way Helping Common Healing Music Is Yoga Shining Inner Peace My Way Surfing Farming Vibrations Positive Vibrations

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“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.”

“Thanks to music I have found a deeper connection to an otherwise elusive God. Thru music I get to commune directly, and daily. On a side note to readers, any service or craft you give your heart to will give you the same effect. Don't be afraid to work less and play more! We are human. We didn't come here to hold down a dayjob. We came here to live and learn!”

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“If i were to lose my memories, I would rely on music. There is so much of my story embedded in each.”

Ifs Stories Loses Memories Rely Embedded

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“I feel like I write the same album every time but each time I try to convey the message more simply.”

Feels Writing Trying Messages Albums

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“My days could be described as an ever changing palette of blues, greens, browns, and golds. Mostly because of surfing and garden-gazing. On tour, the colors are desaturated by florescent lights and dull grey carpets.”

Light Color Garden Gold Dull Grey Carpet Surfing Gazing Palette

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“I'm a lover, not a fighter. No battles for me.”

Lovers Battle Fighter

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“I love the sound of the wind in the trees and the song of the birds and the shuffle in the leaves of my many woodland friends.”

Song Sound Tree Wind Bird Shuffle Woodland Wind In The Trees

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“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.”

Should Writing Internet Blogs Making Time

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“I would enjoy doing what cats do: singing, sleeping, and licking my nuts.”

Enjoy Sleep Singing Cat Nuts Licking

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“I still go through stages of wanting to try other trades. When I was young I thought I'd be a magician. And then a cartoonist. Or a professional roller-skater. But there wasn't much support for those on career day.”

Trying Stills Young Careers Support Stage Trade Magician Cartoonist Skater

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“My memory is not so good so my most memorable show is the last one I played. Songs are written with intention but they only emerge in the moment.”

Moments Shows Lasts Song Memories Written Intention Memorable Most Memorable

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“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.”

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“Yoga makes my day better as I am less likely to fall victim to my otherwise foolish & forgetful mind.”

Mind Fall Yoga Victim Foolish Forgetful

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“Stress is the result of not listening to your heart. If you ignore it for too long, and surrender your power to someone else, your chest will explode with panic. I take plenty of time for me.”

Ifs Heart Long Results Listening Stress Surrender Plenty Chests Panic Listen To Your Heart

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“Being out in nature inspires me as a writer.”

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“I like to sit in front of the computer, going through files of music, and recording the final vocals, guitars and what- nots. But the windows are always open and you can hear the crickets, birds, chickens, and even the sound of rain hitting the studio. The farm is a great place to hang out in, learn from and create music.”

Sound Fronts Computer Bird Rain Window Guitar Finals Studios Chickens Hanging Out Farms Hitting Cricket Vocal Files Sound Of Rain

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“When you're writing a song and there are five people invested in it, it's easy for one person to say, 'Oh, this song is about this and that', and everyone has to hear the idea and see if they can do better.”

People Ifs Writing Persons Ideas Song Easy Can Do Five

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“It makes me feel great, knowing my songs are being heard and of service to people.”

People Feels Song Knowing Heard

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“The foolish idea that my music can actually make a difference in someone's life - that right there is proof that it's working. It makes me feel great, it really does.”

Feels Doe Ideas Differences Proof Foolish Making A Difference Working It

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“When you choose to be a loving person, it's magical how love comes back to you and brightens someone's day, changing your mood and that of the world.”

World Persons Mood You Choose Loving Person

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“When I first started, my message was about joy, but I didn't really have the vocabulary and life experience to fully deliver it.”

Firsts Joy Messages Life Experience Vocabulary

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“Through my years as a writer, I've learnt how to simplify the message and pen songs that have a more specific quality - it's not just about my ego and trying to meet girls.”

Trying Years Song Girl Quality Ego Messages Pens Simplify

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“I hope everyone wakes up and appreciates life.”

Appreciate Wake Up Appreciate Life

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

World Humans Mean This World Wake Up Tables Waking

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“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.”

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“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.”

World Persons Stills War Wake Up Newspapers Furious Grumpy Positive Person

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“I use music and mantras that transform my thoughts from the negative to the positive. If I'm thinking the world is a horrible place, I can transform my life by saying, 'I won't give up', 'I won't worry my life away' and 'I won't hesitate no more', using these lyrics to change my experience. That is, I believe, what makes me seem like a positive person.”

Ifs Thinking World Giving Believe Persons I Can Use Seems I Believe Worry Giving Up Negative Horrible My Thoughts Mantras Positive Person Won't Give Up I Won't Give Up

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“Whenever I'm in need of inspiration and mantras, I go straight to simple affirmations. 'I am strong', 'I am brave', 'I can do this' and 'I'm awesome'. Whatever you put after 'I am', you will become. 'I am' are the two most powerful words, so make sure what you say after 'I am' is what you want to experience. It's like a magic trick.”

Want Needs I Can Two Inspiration Strong Can Do Simple Powerful Magic Brave What You Want Tricks Most Powerful Affirmation Mantras I Am Strong I Can Do This Magic Tricks Powerful Words

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“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.”

Ifs Want Mean Song Easy Written Albums

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

Writing Song Half Albums Rubbish

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

I Can Song Consciousness Collectives Collective Consciousness

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“Live High, Live Mighty, Live Righteously”

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“Life doesn't come at you. It comes from you.”

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“If you are what you eat, in my case, I'd be sweet so come and get some.”

Ifs Cases Sweet

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About the Author

Born: June 23, 1977
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 257

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