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I try not to write songs. I would rather emote them, and I found myself going back to my room every night while on my trip, just pouring out new songs and new stories about what I was seeing, what I was feeling.

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Jason Mraz
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: June 23
Composer
Guitarist
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Richmond
Virginia
Jason Thomas Mraz
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