My dad is still the only Mraz in the Mechanicsville phone book, so he's getting calls from girls to see if I'm home!

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

The unavoidable kiss, where the minty fresh death breath is sure to outlast his catastrophe.

Last weekend a young man asked me how I remain so positive. “It seems all the negativity in the world doesn’t affect you,” he said. I had no more than a minute with the young man so I offered this: It’s all about where you choose to put your attention, and I choose to be happy.

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.

I've been fortunate to view the world as if Tom Cruise is constantly walking in front of me on his way across a tarmac before an aerial dogfight. I'm speaking cinematically here. The homoeroticism was an accident that I wont dismiss.

I came from Mechanicsville, Virginia, where you have four seasons.