“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.” WritingTryingStoriesFeelingsNightSongFoundRoomsSeeingEvery NightPouringNew SongsEmote Author:Jason Mraz
“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.” WayWritingHeartSongGoneAimRelateGhana Author:Jason Mraz
“Everyone's always interested in a dark theme, especially when there's humor connected to it. It seems like that helps, if that's an integral and organic part of the whole story.” IfsWholeHelpingStoriesSeemsDarkConnectedTheme Author:Robert De Niro
“I have been in my fair share of both onscreen and off screen fights.” Has BeensFightingShareFairsScreensAnd OffFair Share Author:Amber Heard
“In civilized societies, we spend our lifetimes trying to become what is socially acceptable. We're dark and we're light. We all have both sides to us.” TryingLightSidesDarkLifetimeCivilizedAcceptableBoth SidesCivilized Society Author:Robert De Niro
“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.” WantWellsBigsWantedFeltLosesAudienceStageGrewLosingConnectionsStay TrueTrue To MyselfLosing MyselfPeaking Author:Jason Mraz
“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.” FeelsLooksRealPlayShowsRoomsAudienceRiskConversationCurrentsListsIntimateArenaVenuesReal Conversation Author:Jason Mraz
“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.” ThinkingFeelsImportantRememberCareersFoundationRaisedPlaying MusicWhere We Came Author:Jason Mraz
“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.” WantedArtistCareersRecordsAcoustics Author:Jason Mraz