Quotes

I know that God is good, and he saved me from hell and damnation.

I balance with prayer and music. I sing every day.

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.

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

I think things happened the way they did for a reason.

When I first went out on the road with Larry Williams, there was also, like, The Coasters, The Drifters, and The Flamingos.

We used to play football on the levee, with no shirts on in the summer - August in New Orleans - and my skin would turn red. They'd call me Redskin, Red Apache, then it turned around to Apache Red.

Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.

I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.

My friends and I were wild and we liked to joy-ride.

I feel it was just a few years ago I was running around in short pants.

I sing around the house, in the shower.

I just sing. You have to use it.

We lived together as kids, and now we're taking care of each other as men.

It's a 360-degree sound experience. Like you're in the middle of the band. A lot of people have the technology to play the format, so why not put it out there. It sounds great.

When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.

The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.

I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.

Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while.

Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.

But I knew if I ran I'd never be able to sing, so I had to take my punishment.

I owe it all to Jesus.

I might see something on TV and get inspired to write about it. I can't sit down and plan to write. It has to come to me in my head like someone telling me the words.

The first time I recorded without Allen Toussaint, I wanted to do doo-wop. Everything I've done since then has got some kind of doo-wop essence in it.

I even done a doo-wop version of the Mickey Mouse march.