Quotes from Aaron Neville

I think St. Jude helped me achieve some miracles in my life - that's why I wear the medallion in my left ear and never take it out.

You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.

Be honest, be nice, be a flower not a weed.

Man, I was scared. I didn't know what to think. All of a sudden, I got a record climbing the charts, and I'm out in the streets. You know, workin' on the docks. And the first week, it sold something like 40,000 in New Orleans.

I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.

I think the Creator renews me.

We lived together as kids, and now we're taking care of each other as men.

My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out.

When I get down to Louisiana, I get to have a taste of some of that great food.

Doo-wop is the true music to me, man. Doo-wop was what nurtured me and grew me into who I am, and I guess even when I was in school, the teacher probably thought I had ADD or something every day, because I'd be beating on the desks, singing like the Flamingos or the Spaniels or Clyde McPhatter or somebody.

The music of the Clovers and Spaniels and the rest was like candy to me. I couldn't get enough; my teachers probably thought I had attention deficit disorder.

You try to do what you can to bring harmony wherever you go.

I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me.

Don Was is a friend of mine; we've done projects together over the years.

I used to always sing my way into the movies and the basketball games or whatever. I'd sing for whoever's on the door, and they'd let me in. I used to think I was Nat King Cole back in the day, you know. So I'd sing something like, 'Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you,' and they'd let me in.

My mother turned me onto St. Jude back in the days when I was wild and crazy. She took me to the shrine on Rampart Street.

My friends and I were wild and we liked to joy-ride.

When I first went out on the road with Larry Williams, there was also, like, The Coasters, The Drifters, and The Flamingos.

My brother Art was a doo-wopper. He had a group that sat out on a park bench in New Orleans and sang harmonies at night, and they'd go around and win all the talent shows and get all the girls, you know.

Singing is my entire life. I nearly lost that. I am so blessed to be able to do this. It's the only thing I've ever wanted to do.

In New Orleans, music is part of the culture. You're raised with it, from the cradle to the grave, and all in-between.

New Orleans will always be in my heart. New Orleans raised me - it's in my blood.

It's a 360-degree sound experience. Like you're in the middle of the band. A lot of people have the technology to play the format, so why not put it out there. It sounds great.

I know the fact that I was born means I have to die, so my only aim is to reach out and help someone along the way.