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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.

From Aaron Neville

My brother Art was a doo-wopper. He had a group that sat out on a park bench in New Orleans and sang harmonies at night, and they'd go around and win all the talent shows and get all the girls, you know.

From Aaron Neville

I used to always sing my way into the movies and the basketball games or whatever. I'd sing for whoever's on the door, and they'd let me in. I used to think I was Nat King Cole back in the day, you know. So I'd sing something like, 'Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you,' and they'd let me in.

From Aaron Neville

I started listening to gospel when I was a little boy and my grandmother used to rock me on her lap.

From Aaron Neville

My dad and my mom were big Nat King Cole fans, so they had everything he did.

From Aaron Neville

I always feel I'm blessed, you know. I thank God for letting me use his voice. That's how I see it.

From Aaron Neville

Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.

From Aaron Neville

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.

From Aaron Neville

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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