A biography for Aaron Nevillehasn’t been written yet.
“My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.”
“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.”
“Every morning I wake up and thank God.”
“My drummer, bass player, and guitar player sing backgrounds. They play and sing. I can sing all the harmonies, but I can't do it alone.”
“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.”
“I didn't just get to 75 years by tiptoeing. I had to work hard sometimes.”
“I always feel I'm blessed, you know. I thank God for letting me use his voice. That's how I see it.”
“I know that God is good, and he saved me from hell and damnation.”
“I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.”
“When I'm singing, I connect the dots with notes.”
“You try to do what you can to bring harmony wherever you go.”
“We lived together as kids, and now we're taking care of each other as men.”
“I'll be singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama, which is a great joy to me. I've done some work with them before, and they truly are amazing.”
“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 think the Creator renews me.”
“I know the fact that I was born means I have to die, so my only aim is to reach out and help someone along the way.”
“I just sing what I feel in my heart. I ain't trying to prove nothing, and I don't think I ever did.”
“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.”
“Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.”
“Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.”