It makes me feel great, knowing my songs are being heard and of service to people. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I look around my life and it's hard to believe that music has given me all that I have. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
'I'm Yours' was written effortlessly in about 20 minutes' time, and I honestly thought it was more of like a kids' song,… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
To create an album of 12 songs, I've got to write about 80 songs. Half of those are totally weird and rubbish. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Paul McCartney and John Lennon would often write a song a day, so I have the same workmanlike philosophy. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I meet people every single day who have heard the music and incorporated it into their lives. I feel like I have… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I write my miserable songs. I write songs about disgust and self-pity. We’re all going to have bummer moments. That’s not the… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
By the end of the writing process, which is about 80 songs per album, I look at the material and think, what's… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Musicians are so well covered in the press, it would be great to see more outspoken practitioners of green life. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
When I sit down to write a song, I really want the message of healing to thrive and transcend all ages. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
The power of the masses can influence any government in the world. The power of the masses can elect an official, start… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Growing up as a singer, and a cast member, and now as an adult, a songwriter, I get the luxury of choosing… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I write a lot of material you've never heard that live inside my sadness. You'll hear a song that lasts six to… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Anytime someone uses one of my songs for anything - a ceremony or a sacred moment - that, to me, is a… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I think more obvious to others, is that I'm most vulnerable on stage. Even though I know which songs I'm going to… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
When I play with the full band, you get to be larger than life, you feel larger than life, and that particular… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
In one of my songs, I say fame is nothing more than loving someone. So I'm grateful every day that there's so… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I enjoy going on stage knowing that there's going to be that vulnerability and that transparency and hopefully things will be realized… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Sometimes touring can warp reality because you're never in one place long enough to get a feel for it. You don't interact… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Writing songs is no different than explaining to somebody what you dreamed last night: No one ever gives you crap for what… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I feel like I write the same album every time but each time I try to convey the message more simply. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I do feel most at home playing live, but the feeling of getting into the studio to see the new songs take… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
My memory is not so good so my most memorable show is the last one I played. Songs are written with intention… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I call it sacred geometry. When everything's just right and it feels really balanced, so that when it unfolds to the next… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
When I have a breakthrough in music and I hear the melody in my hands: that's when I get compelled - something… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Through my years as a writer, I've learnt how to simplify the message and pen songs that have a more specific quality… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I get tired of the same albums, the same look and singing the same songs. When I get bored I paint, I… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
The easiest songs to write are pure fiction. There is no limit to how you can tell the story. I find it… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I love the sound of the wind in the trees and the song of the birds and the shuffle in the leaves… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
The foolish idea that my music can actually make a difference in someone's life - that right there is proof that it's… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I aim to write songs in a way that you don't have to have gone to Ghana to relate to it, you… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
When I first started, my message was about joy, but I didn't really have the vocabulary and life experience to fully deliver it. — Jason Mraz Copy Share
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… — Jason Mraz Copy Share
I was raised playing music in coffeehouses and I feel that was the foundation for my career. I think it is important that we… — Jason Mraz Copy Share
The best thing for you to do is shop at your local farmer's market and support the organic growers who are there. Because those… — Jason Mraz Copy Share
In my relationship, I was giving myself away to make the relationship better, but in actuality, wasn't doing better by doing that. I became… — Jason Mraz Copy Share
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… — Jason Mraz Copy Share
I get my most creative energy after a show, so I love to go back to the hotel and compose new material. I generally… — Jason Mraz Copy Share
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'… — Jason Mraz Copy Share
Growing up as a singer, and a cast member, and now as an adult, a songwriter, I get the luxury of choosing the kinds… — Jason Mraz Copy Share
I had a gig in Sweden. There were thousands of people there, and when I launched into 'I'm Yours,' they were all singing along.… — Jason Mraz Copy Share
I have a very awesome seat in the house every time I play. When the lights come up, and the sound turns on, I'm… — Jason Mraz Copy Share
