Aaron Neville Quotes

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.

~ Aaron Neville

When I'm singing, it's a mixture of my innocence in the projects, my mom and dad. It's all the good and the bad, the laughs and the frowns that I went through and seen other people go through. Then you be trying to write it. Whatever's coming out, you try and make it all cool.

~ Aaron Neville

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.

~ Aaron Neville

Every morning I wake up and thank God.

~ Aaron Neville

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.

~ Aaron Neville

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

~ Aaron Neville

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

~ Aaron Neville

'Yellow Moon' was a poem. My wife at the time, Joel - she's dead now - it was our 25th anniversary. She had the chance to go on a cruise with her sister. And I'm home with the kids and looking up, and I saw the big moon, and I just started writing.

~ Aaron Neville

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.

~ Aaron Neville

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

~ Aaron Neville

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.

~ Aaron Neville

I write poetry on my iPhone. I've got about 100 poems on there.

~ Aaron Neville

My drummer, bass player, and guitar player sing backgrounds. They play and sing. I can sing all the harmonies, but I can't do it alone.

~ Aaron Neville