Quotes by Jason Mraz

“Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.”

“Its when you cry just a little, but you laugh in the middle that youve made it.”

“It takes no time to fall in love, but it takes you years to know what love is.”

“I dont know what the music is gonna do, ... It may bring peace and harmony to the entire world or it may cause the next world war. I just dont know.”

“Timeless comes to mind. When you listen to it, you cant tell what year the thing was made. And you dont even care.”

“Is there still a sign on [Route] 360 that says Frank D. Fixer?”

“That was my grandfather. People would use it as a directional landmark. He was kind of a junkman, that Mr. Frank Mraz. He worked on farm equipment and random things. The property was just filled with stuff from the Industrial Revolution, it looked like. My dad lives a mile from there. Thats where I grew up. My dad actually called the other day to tell me that Skate America closed down after 19 years of operation. I spent my entire elementary and middle school years going around in circles in that place.”

“We got there around 7:30 a.m., the kids got in the room around 9:30, did their warm-ups, recorded, and by 11 they were on their way to algebra, ... They were probably the most professional element of the entire album-making process.”

“Waiting for My Rocket to Come.”

“I was lucky that way. I always held on to it and appreciated it, ... The songs on this album were more personal and I really wanted to sing them.”

“I think when Im 40, ill look like 25. Im still look like Im 18 right now.”

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.

It’s strange how dreams get under your skin and give your heart a test for what’s real and what’s imaginary.

Frustration and Love can’t exist in the same place at the same time, so get real and start doing what you would rather be doing in life. Love your life. All of it. Even the heavy shit that happened to you when you were 8. All of it was and IS perfect.

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.

You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday.

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.

Here’s to freedom, cheers to art. Here’s to having an excellent adventure and may the stopping never start.

Some of us go full circle. Some of us blindly go nowhere. The circle doesn’t have to be very large to make a point, kick your ass and/or be entertaining. Remember that and stay light. Even the deaf know good music when they hear it.

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.