110+ Jason Mraz Quotes On Relationships, Loneliness And Tour

Jason Mraz is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Mechanicsville, Virginia. He is best known for his hit songs "I'm Yours" and "Lucky", a duet with Colbie Caillat. Mraz has released six studio albums, won two Grammy Awards, and has sold over seven million albums worldwide. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Jason Mraz on life, relationships, love.

Top 10 Jason Mraz Quotes

1. I buy records from all across the board. I get kind of a hybrid of influences in my own music.
2. You can turn off the sun, but I'm still gonna shine
3. Here’s to freedom, cheers to art. Here’s to having an excellent adventure and may the stopping never start.
4. Life can't work for you if you don't show up as you.
5. I came from Mechanicsville, Virginia, where you have four seasons.
6. 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.
7. When I was in high school, The Dave Matthews Band was a local band, and that was the first time I was starting to connect with a live band that was something that wasn't on the radio or TV.
8. If we truly want to have world peace, we have to end human trafficking.
9. 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.
10. Careers can disappear just as quickly as they're made, so I'm in no hurry.

Jason Mraz Short Quotes

• Don't let your mind stop you from having a good time.
• I think anyone who uses the web is smart and will profit.
• I'm trying to be more of a gentleman.
• There's no shame in being crazy.
• It's when you cry just a little, but you laugh in the middle that you've made it.
• You make all the fashion statements just by dressing up your mind.
• The unavoidable kiss, where the minty fresh death breath is sure to outlast his catastrophe.
• I would enjoy doing what cats do: singing, sleeping, and licking my nuts.
• Being out in nature inspires me as a writer.
• I'll experience vulnerability when I just don't have any more to give.

Jason Mraz Quotes About Life

In my lifetime, I want to see humanity start being conscious of our waste, the things we buy, and how we can reuse and recycle things. I want people to live harmoniously with our planet. I hope everybody wakes up and appreciates life. — Jason Mraz

Everything is perfect. Everything is fine. The rules of life are made up. The rules only exist in your mind. Of course there may be courtesies And closures and laws to abide, But the zeal with which you play Relies on where YOU draw the line — Jason Mraz

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

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

I hope everyone wakes up and appreciates life. — Jason Mraz

My parents dreaded the fact that I was changing my life to do this, but I just kept doing it. — Jason Mraz

I discovered at 18 that singing and songwriting was my strength. I decided that it was closest to my heart and if I pursued it then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream. — Jason Mraz

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 way. — Jason Mraz

Everything in my life really filters down to the music. — Jason Mraz

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

Jason Mraz Quotes About Relationships

Two halves don't make a whole. Two wholes make a whole. 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 less of a man. — Jason Mraz

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

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

Jason Mraz Quotes About Love

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

Love is the only thing that makes the world spin around, I think. It's weird. We have to call it "love," because we have to call it something, but it's not a word. It's an energy. It's an act. It's an action. It's a natural thing. — Jason Mraz

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

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

When you choose to be a loving person, it's magical how love comes back to you and brightens someone's day, changing your mood and that of the world. — Jason Mraz

I'm totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that's the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go. — Jason Mraz

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

Whether or not I tour forever, I'm not sure. I would love to spend more time living in harmony with nature rather than flying all over the world and contributing to global warming, you know what I mean? — Jason Mraz

To create an album of love, I really had - I thought it was going to be easy, because I've always written love songs. But I thought if I really want to make a love album that contributes, that actually means something, I've got to go deep. — Jason Mraz

What I enjoy the most about all this is the traveling. I love that my job allows me to travel all over the world. — Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz Quotes About Tour

The studio and road both have their charms. The studio allows me to be a mad scientist and the tour lets me feel like James Bond. — Jason Mraz

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. — Jason Mraz

My days could be described as an ever changing palette of blues, greens, browns, and golds. Mostly because of surfing and garden-gazing. On tour, the colors are desaturated by florescent lights and dull grey carpets. — Jason Mraz

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

Jason Mraz Quotes About Words

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

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

A picture can say 1000 words but it can also inspire you to write 1000 more. — Jason Mraz

Do you ever wonder what happens to the words that we send Do they bend, do they break from the flight that they take And come back together again with a whole new meaning In a brand new sense, completely unrelated to the one I sent ((Did You Get My Message?)) — Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz Quotes About Positive

Last weekend a young man asked me how I remain so positive. “It seems all the negativity in the world doesn’t affect you,” he said. I had no more than a minute with the young man so I offered this: It’s all about where you choose to put your attention, and I choose to be happy. — Jason Mraz

I'm not always a positive person. I wake up grumpy, I read the newspaper and I get furious that the world is still at war. — Jason Mraz

Music is my way to shine back and express positive vibrations for a common healing. It's similar to farming, or surfing, or yoga. Before world peace, we have to have inner peace and music helps us get there. — Jason Mraz

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

Jason Mraz Quotes About Songs

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 totally familiar and at ease within the song. — Jason Mraz

Yoga has had a profound effect on my songs and performances. I don't meditate in the traditional style of sitting and doing nothing. I prefer the zen of paying attention, such as the meditation of yoga flow, or walking meditations. I also consider singing, surfing and gardening to very meditative. — Jason Mraz

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 in a live setting. But I realized that I couldn't take on that coffeehouse style that I came from and go in there and burn it up. — Jason Mraz

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 replaying an event through a song. — 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 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

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

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

In a song you can shine a light on a topic and with your voice at a concert you can shine a light on an actual issue or a person, you can acknowledge whatever you like with music and people will listen. — Jason Mraz

My memory is not so good so my most memorable show is the last one I played. Songs are written with intention but they only emerge in the moment. — Jason Mraz

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

Jason Mraz Quotes About Live

We want people to see us live before we continue on and call ourselves recording artists. — Jason Mraz

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

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

Other people's lives are affected by how you are treating yourself and the way in which you are performing. — Jason Mraz

The power of yes: that's what allows creativity to breathe and to come in. That's what allows your ideas to become living, breathing, moving dreams in action. — Jason Mraz

I love eating healthy and doing the yoga thing, because I think I'm going to live to a thousand doing so. And that's because I don't want to leave here so soon. I want to stick around as long as I can, but I know that's not going to be the case. We're all going. — Jason Mraz

Songs always get better after you start playing them live. — Jason Mraz

You can't live the rest of your life carrying a pain because your parents couldn't get along. I choose to spend my life crafting a joy. — Jason Mraz

I meet people every single day who have heard the music and incorporated it into their lives. I feel like I have a tribe all around the world. — Jason Mraz

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

Jason Mraz Quotes About People

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

Some people they simply just want to hear you. And others actually have things they want to share and talk with you about. So it's important for me to be as strong as I can when I leave home so I can hold space for all of it. — Jason Mraz

It's through my health that I'm able to maintain that every single day and keep light in people until I'm actually of service to others. — Jason Mraz

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

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

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

If you have a dream, this is your chance. We don't always have to play it safe because people might think you're weird. — Jason Mraz

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

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

Sometimes people forget their own greatness. — Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz Quotes About Stage

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

Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense. — Jason Mraz

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

I think more obvious to others, is that I'm most vulnerable on stage. Even though I know which songs I'm going to play, I try and keep it loose and base my stage time more on what the audience is requesting of me. — Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz Famous Quotes And Sayings

But that guitar is the perfect companion to the human voice. You rest it against your gut, against your heart, and when you strum it the vibrations go outwards for all to hear, but the vibration also hits you on your body. — Jason Mraz

I think especially with the Internet and the amount of reality shows that are going on, there's no way to keep a secret anymore, so I try to let my project be as much as reality show as I can allow it to be. — Jason Mraz

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

I am who I am, you are who you are, and everything else is a perception based on acceptance, deception, smoke, mirrors, and so on. It's what's between us that seems to justify our accidental identities. — Jason Mraz

I feel at home in intimate concert halls. I can take risks and I'm immediately forgiven if the risk is a failure because it's such a cozy atmosphere. It opens up the opportunity for conversation and for interacting with the crowd. — Jason Mraz

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

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. — Jason Mraz

Music is such a powerful fundraising tool and it's so easy for me to share that and it's such a light. — Jason Mraz

You just send your love and gratitude to everything that came through the experience and you wish it the best. If you don't wish it the best, then you're only holding on to its failure, you're only holding on to something that needs something from you, whereas if you wish it the best, it's not about you anymore. — Jason Mraz

Stress is the result of not listening to your heart. If you ignore it for too long, and surrender your power to someone else, your chest will explode with panic. I take plenty of time for me. — Jason Mraz

And if you're singing to someone, or if they're singing along, and suddenly you're in harmony, then it's actually making a huge difference on a subatomic level that is actually transforming the world. — Jason Mraz

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

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

I had to have a lot of jobs until I was supporting myself through music, but I knew that those jobs were all leading me to something. It was all, again, about taking things one step at a time, one day at a time. — Jason Mraz

As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy. — Jason Mraz

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. And it starts with that breath; it starts with getting out of my head and really just slowing the system down and being in a true present moment with each and every breath. That then allows me to be a more balanced and focused individual onstage. — Jason Mraz

Open up your plans and damn you're free! — Jason Mraz

Equality and separation cannot exist in the same space. — Jason Mraz

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

I had always been singing, all of my life, but it wasn't until I got out of high school and was on my own that I didn't have any accompaniment. — Jason Mraz

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

I don't follow any of what the pop world is doing. Sometimes I feel like that's a weakness, actually, that I'm too in my own bubble. But I'm really just interested in the inner journey. And pop is all about the exterior world, the material. — Jason Mraz

Live High, Live Mighty, Live Righteously — Jason Mraz

I get my most creative energy after a show, so I love to go back to the hotel and compose new material. I generally do it in a rush. I have to get it out, otherwise I can't sleep. — Jason Mraz

Just take it easy and celebrate the malleable reality. You see, nothing is ever at is seems, yeah this life is but a dream. — Jason Mraz

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

I think surprises are what's great about life: "WHOA! I didn't see that coming!" — Jason Mraz

Timeless comes to mind. When you listen to it, you can't tell what year the thing was made. And you don't even care. — Jason Mraz

Playing live is a lot of fun. You get one shot, ... But at the end of the day, it's all rock 'n' roll. — Jason Mraz

I've been fortunate to view the world as if Tom Cruise is constantly walking in front of me on his way across a tarmac before an aerial dogfight. I'm speaking cinematically here. The homoeroticism was an accident that I wont dismiss. — Jason Mraz

Thanks to music I have found a deeper connection to an otherwise elusive God. Thru music I get to commune directly, and daily. On a side note to readers, any service or craft you give your heart to will give you the same effect. Don't be afraid to work less and play more! We are human. We didn't come here to hold down a dayjob. We came here to live and learn! — Jason Mraz

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

I know that if I do the right amount of, say, meditation and hot yoga or something, I can move the energy through my body and get rid of my cold within twenty-four hours. — Jason Mraz

I struggle with how humankind ended up this way. We made ourselves slaves to money, and we all have to work and be a part of this thing when time is always ticking. And before we know it, a decade has gone by, and did I really get to do everything I wanted to do or say everything I wanted to say? — Jason Mraz

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

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

I struggle sometimes superficially with my management or with my own career about how much time I spend traveling or giving myself away to promote my music or myself when I'd rather be gardening or surfing or being at home with my loved ones. And everyone struggles with that; everyone struggles with having to go to work. And I struggle with how humankind ended up this way. — Jason Mraz

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

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

I really want to be able to keep going and I realize that in some aspects I've got to treat myself like an athlete. — Jason Mraz

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

I ride a bicycle everywhere I go, the physical strength is obvious, but my mental strength and my capacity to love myself and to love others has definitely expanded. And that's the one thing I need the most in taking on a life of touring and a life of basically being with hundreds of people every day and not exhaust one's energy. — Jason Mraz

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

Whenever there's a camera in my face, that's when I feel vulnerable, and then it turns into a little bit of being self-conscious, which I think is the worst kind of vulnerability. — Jason Mraz

Oh my, justifying reasons why Is an absolutely insane resolution to live by ((Live High)) — Jason Mraz

You don't need a vacation when there's nothing to escape from. — Jason Mraz

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

A lot of those ideal towns are all starting to look the same, the specifics are starting to disappear. So we need to retain a love for life, a love for one's family, a love for where one's really from. — Jason Mraz

I love the feeling of putting my feet back on the sand after I've been out in the ocean for a while. I love that. I guess the adrenaline calms down when the sense of balance returns in a really grounded way. — Jason Mraz

Life Lessons by Jason Mraz

1. Jason Mraz's work emphasizes the importance of staying true to yourself and following your own unique path, no matter what obstacles you may face.
2. He also encourages his listeners to take risks and be open to new experiences, as these can help you grow and discover new passions.
3. Finally, his music serves as a reminder that life is full of ups and downs, and it's important to stay positive and focus on the good things.