146 Quotes by Aaron Neville

Be honest, be nice, be a flower not a weed.

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

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

Every day, some act of kindness comes my way, even if it's just someone opening the door. It happens every day if you keep an eye out for it. Keeping an eye out, that's the key.

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.

When I was living in the projects, I had a mop stick for my horse. I wanted to be Gene Autry or Roy Rogers, so I would ride my mop through the projects.

Sometimes in the middle of the night, I wake up with a song in my head, and I have to finish it so I can fall back asleep.

If we were poor, we didn't know it 'cause I guess you don't miss what you never had. So, you know, we made do with whatever. We used to make our own toys, and we used to play with spinning tops and marbles. A pocket full of marbles, and you were rich - you didn't worry about no money.

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