A biography for Aaron Nevillehasn’t been written yet.
“If you had told me I'd be making 62 tomorrow, I'd say you were lying.”
“I owe it all to Jesus.”
“I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.”
“That's one thing you hear in my voice today. I could yodel from one octave to another octave. It always fascinated me.”
“You never know how much time you got.”
“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.”
“The gospel music and doo-wop is what has informed me personally.”
“I even done a doo-wop version of the Mickey Mouse march.”
“I sing around the house, in the shower.”
“Be honest, be nice, be a flower not a weed.”
“I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.”
“New Orleans will always be in my heart. New Orleans raised me - it's in my blood.”
“I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.”
“When I get down to Louisiana, I get to have a taste of some of that great food.”
“I eat a lot of fish to stay healthy.”
“Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.”
“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.”
“I started listening to gospel when I was a little boy and my grandmother used to rock me on her lap.”
“I'm waiting for them to come up with a 'Star Trek' thing so they can beam me from my house to the gigs and back.”
“I've had problems with my throat over the years, playing with loud bands for years, and I've had bruised vocal chords and nodules.”