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Song Quotes by Jason Mraz
- I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be a…
- It was a very bizarre experience for me, to get the songs together, go in there, and try to deliver them as I would perhaps…
- 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 stuff I choose…
- I write a lot of material you've never heard that live inside my sadness. You'll hear a song that lasts six to seven minutes of…
- It's from being melancholy and having my human down experiences that I learn, that I overcome, that I transform - and these realizations I put…
- Songs always get better after you start playing them live.
- By the end of the writing process, which is about 80 songs per album, I look at the material and think, what's going to make…
- When I sit down to write a song, I really want the message of healing to thrive and transcend all ages.
- I call it sacred geometry. When everything's just right and it feels really balanced, so that when it unfolds to the next part, you feel…
- Paul McCartney and John Lennon would often write a song a day, so I have the same workmanlike philosophy.
- I do feel most at home playing live, but the feeling of getting into the studio to see the new songs take shape was really…
- 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 something…
- Our shows are packed with laughter and light-hearted songs to lift the listener from their everyday life. We encourage the audience to participate in any…
- You know, there's still a lot of great songwriters out there who hand in songs. And there's a lot of brilliant singers and performers out…
- I think there’s no greater joy than completing a song out of thin air. It’s like inventing something, but it’s invisible, you know? It’s weird.…
- The easiest songs to write are pure fiction. There is no limit to how you can tell the story. I find it difficult when I'm…
More Song Quotes
- In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
- Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill… — Margaret Atwood
- You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song. — Sai Baba
- Every single band in the world has these gigantic songs that people are obsessed with. — Sebastian Bach
- I don't understand the mentality of a rock fan, being obsessed with two or three songs from 25 years ago. I'm not… — Sebastian Bach
- A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than… — Sebastian Bach
- To think that when they come out with these gigantic songs, it's pretty tough to top them, you know. — Sebastian Bach
- My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies. — Randy Bachman
- I don't have one song that sounds like another one in my entire catalog. — Erykah Badu
- A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. — Bryan Adams