“When I'm singing, it's a mixture of my innocence in the projects, my mom and dad. It's all the good and the bad, the laughs and the frowns that I went through and seen other people go through. Then you be trying to write it. Whatever's coming out, you try and make it all cool.”

American singer

Aaron Neville is an American singer, associated with R&B, soul, gospel, jazz, country, and pop. He is known for his smooth tenor voice and for his long recording career. He first drew wide attention with the 1966 single "Tell It Like It Is," which reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and his work is often identified with a style that moves easily across genres.