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Aaron Neville
American
Musician
Born:
Jan 24
,
1941
Had
Me
Music
Singing
Think
You
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
Aaron Neville
God
Morning
Thank God
Wake Up
Every
Wake
Up
Thank
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
God
Me
You
Judge
Boots
Judge Me
Judging
How
Up
Walked
Going
God is waiting for us, to forgive us all, and what is broken, he'll fix.
Aaron Neville
God
Broken
Waiting
He
Fix
Forgive
Us
The gospel music and doo-wop is what has informed me personally.
Aaron Neville
Music
Me
Gospel Music
Gospel
Informed
Personally
I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.
Aaron Neville
Had
Surprised
Been
Heard
Very
James
Award
Chosen
Cardinal
Receive
'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
Time
Home
Writing
Wife
Moon
Looking
Big
Sister
Our
Saw
Kids
Poem
Had
Cruise
Anniversary
Dead
She
Go
Yellow
Up
Just
Now
Her
Started
Chance
You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
Aaron Neville
Day
You
Yourself
Every Day
Weather
Singing
Every
Think
Cold
Cold Weather
Out
Kind
Some
Pepper
Drink
Mornings
Sing
Mess
Got
Just
Really
Special
Early
Early Mornings
Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
Aaron Neville
Kind
New
Like
New Orleans
Place
Orleans
When I'm singing, I connect the dots with notes.
Aaron Neville
Singing
Dots
Notes
Connect
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
Teacher
Music
Day
Me
Man
Every Day
School
Thought
Somebody
Singing
Every
Add
Guess
Nurtured
Something
Beating
Had
True
Like
Because
Am
Grew
Who
Even
When I get down to Louisiana, I get to have a taste of some of that great food.
Aaron Neville
Food
Great
Down
Some
Louisiana
Get
Taste
I never left doo wop.
Aaron Neville
Never
Left
When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
Aaron Neville
Time
Day
You
Long
Long Time
Year
Kid
Were
I feel it was just a few years ago I was running around in short pants.
Aaron Neville
Few
Pants
Running
Feel
Around
Years
Years Ago
Short
Just
I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches.
Aaron Neville
Religion
People
Father
Churches
Both
Catholic
Were
Methodist
Raised
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
People
Publish
Collection
Someday
Give
Poetry
Share
Like
Want
Now
I sing around the house, in the shower.
Aaron Neville
House
Sing
Around
Shower
I just sing. You have to use it.
Aaron Neville
You
Sing
Just
Use
Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while.
Aaron Neville
Me
Car
Stealing
Had
Partners
Been
While
But I knew if I ran I'd never be able to sing, so I had to take my punishment.
Aaron Neville
Ran
Punishment
Able
Take
Never
Had
Knew
Sing
So I went in front of the judge, and I had my St. Jude prayer book in my pocket and my St. Jude medal. And I'm standing there and that judge said I was found guilty, so he sentenced me to what the law prescribed: one to 14 years.
Aaron Neville
Me
Prayer
Book
Judge
Law
Guilty
Pocket
Had
He
Jude
Said
Years
Front
Sentenced
Standing
Medal
Found
Prescribed
I owe it all to Jesus.
Aaron Neville
Owe
Jesus
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.
Aaron Neville
Me
Skin
Summer
Would
Football
Red
New
Call
Around
August
New Orleans
Shirts
Apache
Turn
Turned
Then
Used
Play
Orleans
Play Football
I just sing what I feel in my heart. I ain't trying to prove nothing, and I don't think I ever did.
Aaron Neville
Heart
Nothing
Think
Feel
Sing
Prove
Trying
Did
Just
Ever
I never really got paid for 'Tell It Like Is,' but I look back at it and say God knew what he was doing; he probably figured that if I had got money back in them days, I wouldn't be here now. That's okay. I'm here. And I'm still singing the song.
Aaron Neville
God
Song
Money
Singing
Back
Say
Okay
Tell
Never
Had
He
Knew
Days
Like
Look
Got
Still
Doing
Them
Really
Paid
Figured
Now
Here
I write poetry on my iPhone. I've got about 100 poems on there.
Aaron Neville
About
Poems
Poetry
Write
Got
iPhone
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