“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“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“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“I write poetry on my iPhone. I've got about 100 poems on there.”
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“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 was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches.”
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“Every morning I wake up and thank God.”
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.”
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