Quotes from Jason Mraz

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

In Buddhism, they say attachment to anything only leads to suffering. So when we laugh, it's our way of saying, 'I'm unattached to that.' You're tickled by it, it makes your lobes do something on their own. So humor is very important to me. I always take that to the stage first.

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.

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.

Don't let your mind stop you from having a good time.

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.

In one of my songs, I say fame is nothing more than loving someone. So I'm grateful every day that there's so many fans of people out there that love my music and feel they're connected to me through that.

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

By the time my children are born, I know it's possible that they can grow up in a world where they don't understand that there were ever any dividers between people and why we have the issues we do today. That's my goal in this life.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Open up your plans and damn you're free!

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

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

My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs.

Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound.

Everything in life influences my music.

Everything in my life really filters down to the music.

I look around my life and it's hard to believe that music has given me all that I have.

The foolish idea that my music can actually make a difference in someone's life - that right there is proof that it's working. It makes me feel great, it really does.

When I first started, my message was about joy, but I didn't really have the vocabulary and life experience to fully deliver it.