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 couldnt take on that coffeehouse style that I came from and go in there and burn it up. – Jason Mraz
In my relationship, I was giving myself away to make the relationship better, but in actuality, wasnt doing better by doing that. I became less of a man. – Jason Mraz
I always think of the live show first, where the song is gonna go in the show. Thats why they arent sad songs. When I play, I want to make people happy, not sad. Its such a pleasure for me to do what I do, and I want other people to feel some form of that pleasure, too. – Jason Mraz
I didnt know if I had the music for it or if I could pull off the larger concert experience. Then I realized if I can just continue to be myself, Ill be all right. – Jason Mraz
So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers, and… Wanda Sykes and John Legend… were adding to the database that scholars can then draw from to generalize about the complexity of the American experience. And thats the contribution that family trees make to broader scholarship. – Henry Louis Gates