My biggest blast-off hit was ‘You Raise Me Up.’ If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it’s a good pick. – Josh Groban
When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, ‘This, too, shall pass.’ – Josh Groban
What most people know about me, they know through my music. This time, I’ve tried to open that door as wide as possible. These songs are a giant step closer to who I really am and what my music is all about. Hence the title. – Josh Groban
It wasn’t that I got pinned against my locker, but I was intensely aware that the things I valued weren’t shared by anyone. Girls didn’t like me, and I had few friends. – Josh Groban
I was the boy who liked to sing his own songs at talent shows, and I was suddenly officially uncool. – Josh Groban
As a new artist there’s always outside influences trying to tell you how to make a song better for radio and how to do your hair. – Josh Groban
After using four different languages on an album, it’s tough to decide which one I’m gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I’m singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible. – Josh Groban
I got to play a real D-bag lawyer, and comb my hair really awfully and kiss Emma Stone, so it was a really wonderful day on set. – Josh Groban
The honest-to-goodness answer is that Twitter tells me everything, and I have calluses on my fingers from all the mouse-clicking. – Josh Groban
Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I’d race home and hole up in my room, playing the drums and the piano, composing music. – Josh Groban
I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I’ll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help! – Josh Groban
Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me. – Josh Groban
When it comes to the acting stuff, I like to show up for a couple days and kind of be outrageous and silly, and go back to my day job. – Josh Groban
Don’t try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself. – Josh Groban