Quotes from Aaron Neville

I don't want to be on the road all my life.

I owe it all to Jesus.

I've had problems with my throat over the years, playing with loud bands for years, and I've had bruised vocal chords and nodules.

People are living a lot longer these days and not preparing for it. I'm in the gym and, you know, using my voice.

That's one thing you hear in my voice today. I could yodel from one octave to another octave. It always fascinated me.

Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.

I really like listening to music in my car.

So now I have a collection of poetry by Aaron Neville and I give it to people I want to share it with. I'd like to publish it someday.

Every morning I wake up and thank God.

I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches.

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'm waiting for them to come up with a 'Star Trek' thing so they can beam me from my house to the gigs and back.

God is waiting for us, to forgive us all, and what is broken, he'll fix.

There are so many songs in my heart and in my brain. I wake up at 2 in the morning, and I have to get up and sing them. There are so many of them, it's ridiculous.

Sometimes in the middle of the night, I wake up with a song in my head, and I have to finish it so I can fall back asleep.

It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?

I dig Steve Harvey: he's the suit man. I be checking him out.

The gospel music and doo-wop is what has informed me personally.

I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.

I really like listening to music in my car.

Every morning I wake up and thank God.

My voice belongs to me, from God. People will comment, "Your voice helped me through." Maybe it's God in me, because I don't take credit for that.

I remember going up and doing 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' with Paul Simon, Santana playing up there with us.

Age and numbers are a concept made up by man.