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!

I've been compared to people since the beginning. When you're starting out, you need a comparison so people will understand you right away.

One thing I'm most passionate about is that I'm geared up and ready for another cycle of touring, to go out in the world and be whoever I need to be for someone. For a lot of people they just want to see you or want to take a photograph of that moment. Some people they simply just want to hear you. And others actually have things they want to share and talk with you about.

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

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.

Paul McCartney and John Lennon would often write a song a day, so I have the same workmanlike philosophy.

You don't need a vacation when there's nothing to escape from.