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You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you. — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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Careers can disappear just as quickly as they're made, so I'm in no hurry. — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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Well, my view before was a Western view, and I certainly understand marriage equality and civil rights, equal rights for all, but having visited developing nations and some of the poorest nations in the world, I realize how deep it goes and how much work really needs to be done to create equality for all. — Jason Mraz

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

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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. — Jason Mraz

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If you got the poison, I've got the remedy. — Jason Mraz

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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 long, tough road, and I was like, if I just begin now, by the time I'm 40, I'll be good at it. — Jason Mraz

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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 to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe. — Jason Mraz

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It's strange how dreams get under your skin and give your heart a test for what's real and what's imaginary. — Jason Mraz

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One thing I'm most passionate about is that I'm geared up and ready for another cycle of touring, to go out in the world and be whoever I need to be for someone. For a lot of people they just want to see you or want to take a photograph of that moment. Some people they simply just want to hear you. And others actually have things they want to share and talk with you about. — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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A rescue mission doesn't involve going in and just taking a child and leaving. You can't just choose any child at random. Every kid has a case that is based on that child's original family. So, we made it over to a village, found the child; we were interacting with the child. — Jason Mraz

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For the first thirty years of my life I exercised very little, and I smoked cigarettes for ten or twelve years, and I ate junk food. And I began to see some elders in my community's health decline, and I didn't want that to happen to me. — Jason Mraz

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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 a difference in someone's life. — Jason Mraz

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You are the mountain, you are the rock
You are the cord and you're the spark
You are the eagle, you are the lark
You are the world and you're remarkable
You're the ocean eating the shore
You are the calm inside the storm
You're every emotion, you can endure
You are the world and the world is yours.
((The World as I See It)) — Jason Mraz

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Well you are fresh Your face is fabulous Don't forget you're one of a kind When nobody's checking the deeds you've done And nobody's hearing your cries You make all the fashion statements Just by dressing up your mind ((Beauty in Ugly)) — Jason Mraz

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When I sit down to write a song, I really want the message of healing to thrive and transcend all ages. — Jason Mraz

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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 just beautiful sadness. But I can't just go out on the stage to ask five thousand people to be sad with me for seven straight minutes, — Jason Mraz

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I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz. — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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There's no shame in being crazy ... — Jason Mraz

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Traveling has a major impact on what I do, cause all over the world I'm meeting all kinds of people. And relationships is the second major impact that I have. I just enjoy the variety that the world has to offer. — Jason Mraz

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You make all the fashion statements just by dressing up your mind. — Jason Mraz

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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 incredible. — Jason Mraz

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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 looking. — Jason Mraz

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Steven, my friend who came out to me my senior year, was a huge Madonna fan. So I may know all the words to 'Bedtime Stories,' 'Erotica,' and a few more of her albums - and we may have watched 'Truth or Dare' a thousand times. — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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Sometimes you forget where the heck you are but when you get on stage, you know by the look on the people's faces and the accent in their voices where you might be. — Jason Mraz

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The internet is awesome and responsible for my success. — Jason Mraz

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Are you prepared to take a dive into the deep end of my head? — Jason Mraz

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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 might kill me). — Jason Mraz

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When I play with the full band, you get to be larger than life, you feel larger than life, and that particular moment in the song where there's passion, you've got nine guys behind you, all driving that sound and that feeling with you. That's like surfing a huge wave, because once you start you really can't stop it, you got it going down a huge mountain ... — Jason Mraz

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Surrender to life itself and you'll just be rewarded with so many things. And I've been rewarded so many times, in so many mysterious ways. So I have no reason to be disappointed with anything. — Jason Mraz

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It's our God forsaken right to be loved, loved, loved. — Jason Mraz

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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. It amazes me. You can send it out in the world, and that's the joy. It's like giving birth to all these songs and letting them go like they're your kids. — Jason Mraz

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I love surprises and coincidences. I love them even more when I don't pass them off as luck, but rather recognize them as a sign that my life's course is right on track. — Jason Mraz

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Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of being challenged, and for the sake of being expressive, to offer something to someone else, to learn what we are capable of. — Jason Mraz

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My goal is to show everyone that they, too, can do what they love to do. — Jason Mraz

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I'm most grateful for my health. It's taken me a long time to get where I am, to feel as strong as I do in my mind and in my body. It's through that that I'm able to be present in all my relationships and not get overwhelmed by what could seem like a big task, going all around the world constantly. — Jason Mraz

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I won't give up on us — Jason Mraz

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Listen to the Music of the Moment, people ... Dance and Sing! — Jason Mraz

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For every action there's a reaction. And also, for every action there's an equal and opposite criticism. — Jason Mraz

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I've asked to go back into theaters and smaller venues because to me, in smaller venues I can really demonstrate my commitment to quality. Theaters are great containers for music. — Jason Mraz

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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 entertain them, touch them in some way. — Jason Mraz

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

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Transformation is my favorite game and in my experience, anger and frustration are the result of you not being authentic somewhere in your life or with someone in your life. Being fake about anything creates a block inside of you. Life can't work for you if you don't show up as you. — Jason Mraz

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Paul McCartney and John Lennon would often write a song a day, so I have the same workmanlike philosophy. — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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I've been compared to people since the beginning. When you're starting out, you need a comparison so people will understand you right away. — Jason Mraz

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Yoga makes my day better as I am less likely to fall victim to my otherwise foolish & forgetful mind. — Jason Mraz

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Growing up as a singer, and a cast member, and now as an adult, a songwriter, I get the luxury of choosing the kinds of songs that I want to sing, because I'll write, you know, hundreds of songs. Even though only 12 appear on the album. That's 12 that I've chosen to sing of my catalog. — Jason Mraz

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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 to share. — Jason Mraz

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Yeah the world as I see it, is a remarkable place
Every man makes a difference and every mother's child is a saint
From a birds eye view I can see, we are spiraling down in gravity
From a birds eye view I can see, you are just like me
((The World as I see It)) — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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You don't have to live near the ocean for it to have an impact on you. And you don't have to live near the ocean for you to have an impact on it. — Jason Mraz

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Thanks to 'I'm Yours,' I'm probably set for a really long time. The pressure I put on myself, or what I hope my 'I Won't Give Up' does, is to make a difference in people's lives ... With 'I'm Yours,' I got to go out and set my feet on different continents, and expose myself to different cultures and causes. — Jason Mraz

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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 ever done. — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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I'm always thinking about the next record. I've got like 20 different themes and then I'll scratch the themes. It's a learning process. — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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My touring isn't about collecting souvenirs and always being on the go. My souvenirs are writing in my journal and creating new music, because that fits easily into my backpack when I'm travelling around the world. It's something that I can share later with fans or with future family members. — Jason Mraz

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Quite simply I've distilled my mission down to the essence. The only thing I'm really here to do is shine light on people's lives through music, through laughter and to simply enjoy being with people. — Jason Mraz

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I came from Mechanicsville, Virginia, where you have four seasons. — Jason Mraz

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Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do, that way it wouldn't feel like a job. So I did that. — Jason Mraz

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Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love love
Listen to the music of the moment people dance and sing, we're just one big family
It's our God-forsaken right to be loved loved loved loved loved
((I'm Yours)) — Jason Mraz

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It takes no time to fall in love, but it takes you years to know what love is. — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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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. Volunteer. Suck it up and travel. You were not born here to work and pay taxes. You were put here to be part of a vast organism to explore and create. Stop putting it off. The world has much more to offer than what's on 15 televisions at TGI Fridays. Take pictures. Scare people. Shake up the scene. Be the change you want to see in the world. — Jason Mraz

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I was a horrible student! It just sort of evolved as I started playing. I guess I became a master of it when I declared myself a wordsmith or a ... word-play guy. As soon as I declared it and started that affirmation, I just became it. — Jason Mraz

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If I'm in a relationship, that girl gets showered with letters from the road. I pour my heart into it. — Jason Mraz

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Sometimes it may seem dark, but the absence of the light is a necessary part. — Jason Mraz

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I would enjoy doing what cats do: singing, sleeping, and licking my nuts. — Jason Mraz

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And it's okay if you have to go away Oh just remember the telephone works both ways And if I never ever hear them ring If nothing else I'll think the bells inside Have finally found you someone else and that's okay Cause I'll remember everything you sang ((You and I both)) — Jason Mraz

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I can't predict what songs will do to the collective consciousness. — Jason Mraz

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In the words of Michael Jackson: I'm a lover, not a fighter. — Jason Mraz

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I guess my music career is my personal life. You know, I've always been a writer who wants to write about my experiences. And so this experience being added to that, I - I want to live extraordinary experiences. And when I give advice to people, I want it to be sage advice. — Jason Mraz

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Genre-spanning is the effort to make the live show interesting. It's also a great way to challenge yourself as a writer. — Jason Mraz

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

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My dad is still the only Mraz in the Mechanicsville phone book, so he's getting calls from girls to see if I'm home! — Jason Mraz

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If we truly want to have world peace, we have to end human trafficking, — Jason Mraz

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Cause even the stars they burn, some even fall to the earth. We've got a lot to learn, God knows we're worth it. — Jason Mraz

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Musicians are so well covered in the press, it would be great to see more outspoken practitioners of green life. — Jason Mraz

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The more I travel around the world, the more I see people want the same thing - to be happy. We wouldn't be in a monetary system if we didn't have to work, so if my music can contribute to happiness, then that's my main responsibility. — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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You can help me by advancing equality, supporting arts and education, and saving this goddamn planet. — Jason Mraz

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When all of us are acknowledged as the human equals that we really are, there will be no space left for bullying. It will no longer be wrong to choose one thing over another. — Jason Mraz

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Here's to freedom, cheers to art. Here's to having an excellent adventure and may the stopping never start. — Jason Mraz

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There's not much cooking in our household. We do a lot of raw food, so it's more about putting the right ingredients together to create something scrumptious. — Jason Mraz

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Live High, Live Mighty, Live Righteously — Jason Mraz

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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 into song. That's what I choose to put in my backpack and carry with me around the world. — Jason Mraz

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Professionally, I want to keep playing music; I can't escape that. — Jason Mraz

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Creating the record is like digging up the earth, planting your seeds and waiting to see what happens. — Jason Mraz

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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. — Jason Mraz

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

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I've come to the conclusion that people who wear headphones while they walk, are much happier, more confident, and more beautiful individuals than someone making the solitary drudge to work without acknowledging their own interests and power. — Jason Mraz

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Well, I won't give up on us, Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love, I'm still looking up — Jason Mraz