American - Musician | January 24, 1941 -
I started listening to gospel when I was a little boy and my grandmother used to rock me on her lap.
Aaron Neville
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My dad and my mom were big Nat King Cole fans, so they had everything he did.
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I always feel I'm blessed, you know. I thank God for letting me use his voice. That's how I see it.
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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.
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That's one thing you hear in my voice today. I could yodel from one octave to another octave. It always fascinated me.
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I know that God is good, and he saved me from hell and damnation.
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I grew up singing Ray Charles and Jimmy Reed.
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I know the fact that I was born means I have to die, so my only aim is to reach out and help someone along the way.
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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.
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The music of the Clovers and Spaniels and the rest was like candy to me. I couldn't get enough; my teachers probably thought I had attention deficit disorder.
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My mother turned me onto St. Jude back in the days when I was wild and crazy. She took me to the shrine on Rampart Street.
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I think St. Jude helped me achieve some miracles in my life - that's why I wear the medallion in my left ear and never take it out.
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