Top 114 Quotes & Sayings by Aaron Neville - Page 2

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.

A lot of my solo albums were produced by different people who had their idea of what songs I should do, and they had me doing a lot of ballads.

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

I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.

I'll be singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama, which is a great joy to me. I've done some work with them before, and they truly are amazing.

My dad and my mom were big Nat King Cole fans, so they had everything he did.

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

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

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.

When I sang, I couldn't help making those little curves. People would say, 'Why don't you sing straight?' But I have always had to put something in.

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.

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

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

When I'm singing, I connect the dots with notes.

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

When I was growing in the Callope project, we had an oval parkway. Pavement ran around this whole thing. We'd skate or ride bicycles. There were benches and trees out there. It was paradise to us. They finished building it the same year I was born.

I never left doo wop.

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.

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.

I just sing what I feel in my heart. I ain't trying to prove nothing, and I don't think I ever did.

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.

I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.

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.

It's one of the greatest festivals in the world. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is the best all-around... It's an honor to be closing it.

I'm here now because of my faith. That's what got me singing and what has kept me singing. That is what I have: what has kept me doing right and has provided me with the chances and the attitude and the skills to do this.

Without faith, I don't think I'd be here.

You never know how much time you got.

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

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

I know that God is good, and he saved me from hell and damnation.

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.

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.

Beyonce is cool, and she can really sing.

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.

I might see something on TV and get inspired to write about it. I can't sit down and plan to write. It has to come to me in my head like someone telling me the words.

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

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.

My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.

Singing is a prayer to me.

I feel it was just a few years ago I was running around in short pants

I think things happened the way they did for a reason

Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide.

When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time

If you want something to play with go find yourself a toy, baby, my time is too expensive and I'm not a little boy.

At dances when I was a little kid, Art would be up there singing while I'd be dancing with some girl a foot taller than me.

If you are serious, don't play with my heart, it makes me furious.

I sing around the house, in the shower

It's a thanksgiving to God. It's something I have wanted to do for a long time, but the record company wasn't ready for it. So I did it myself.

I don't know much, but I know I love you... that may be all there is to know.

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.

Sometimes I sing along in the car, if something good is playing like Marvin Gaye.

When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen

I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music

I've been in some beautiful places, but the prettiest sight is flying back to New Orleans. Being able to look down and say, 'I know where I am now.'