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Jason Mraz

(1977) Mandolinist United States

316 quotes in 1592 categories

Jason Mraz reflects on how love songs are a gift to yourself, turning generosity into a personal boost. He reminds listeners of his coffeehouse beginnings, urging us to remember where we came from. He also says nature can spark writing, showing that the world around us fuels creativity.

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Jason Mraz is a mandolinist from the United States, best known for Jason Mraz - Love Is a Four Letter Word.

Quick Facts About Jason Mraz

Born: June 23, 1977
Nationality: United States
Profession: Mandolinist
Notable works: Jason Mraz - Love Is a Four Letter Word

About Jason Mraz

His debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, featured the single 'The Remedy,' which reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. His follow‑up album Mr. A‑Z peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200.

Awards & Honors

People's Choice Awards Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Songwriters Hall of Fame Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance San Diego Music Awards Teen Choice Award for Choice Music – Male Artist Out100

Quotes by Jason Mraz

I'm trying to be more of a gentleman.

Gentleman

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As an American citizen, one has to vote.

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I won't give up. Even if the skies get rough.

Giving

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You win some, you learn some.

Education

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Sometimes people forget their own greatness.

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Everything in life influences my music.

Influence

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New York City has the most beautiful women.

Beautiful

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

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The rules of life are made up. The rules only exist in your mind.

Inspirational

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I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go.

Positive

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

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

Crops

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You're an island of reality in an ocean of diarrhea.

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When hands are joined, no one can point fingers.

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

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Hold your own. Know your name. And go your own way. And everything will be fine.

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I will find a way to you if it kills me if it kills me if it kills me (I think it…

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I started with a website, Jasonmraz.com, pre-YouTube. You could e-mail me directly, and I would send you a CD.

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'I'm Yours' was written effortlessly in about 20 minutes' time, and I honestly thought it was more of like a kids' song,…

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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…

Blog

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Anything that we're connecting with that's happening right now, there's an obvious vulnerability - because we're just fragile human beings in the…

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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.

Albums

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There's nothing more vulnerable than just standing in front of a thousand people, or ten thousand people, and doing your best to…

Doing your best

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And it's okay if you have to go away. Oh, just remember the telephone works both ways ((You and I Both))

Going away

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I think it's important and I think it's true that our life experience is going to be about our attitude, our thoughts,…

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“Some of us go full circle. Some of us blindly go nowhere. The circle doesn’t have to be very large to make…

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I want to know why we exist and what I can do while I'm existing. Basically. it's learning how to exist, wholely,…

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I am who I am, you are who you are, and everything else is a perception based on acceptance, deception, smoke, mirrors,…

Acceptance

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Whether or not I tour forever, I'm not sure. I would love to spend more time living in harmony with nature rather…

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But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided…

Being

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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…

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I could experience vulnerability if I just constantly gave myself away without ever taking time out once a day or a couple…

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It may be a hundred-year battle to turn around our industries and finally get everyone living on sustainable energy with technology that…

Battle

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What I get on a yoga mat, and from a yoga teacher, has been more beneficial onstage than any other workshop I've…

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Another year is fast approaching. Go be that starving artist you’re afraid to be. Open up that journal and get poetic finally.…

Another year

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“Mystery the moon A hole in the sky A supernatural nightlight So full but often right A pair of eyes, a closin'…

Children

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I struggle sometimes superficially with my management or with my own career about how much time I spend traveling or giving myself…

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I enjoy going on stage knowing that there's going to be that vulnerability and that transparency and hopefully things will be realized…

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Sometimes touring can warp reality because you're never in one place long enough to get a feel for it. You don't interact…

Artist

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Well, it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write And kind of turn themselves into knives And don't mind…

Advice

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Jason Mraz by topic

Song (61) Music (56) Life (48) People (41) Love (37) World (34) Time (29) Writing (28) Thinking (24) Inspirational (20) Singing (16) Giving (16) Heart (13)