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Jason Mraz: Good Music, Good Acts
傑森．瑪耶茲用音樂譜出正能量
When Jason Mraz sings “I won’t worry my life away” in his hit song “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry),” he’s talking about how he approaches his work and the world. Besides his feel-good music, he’s known for his easygoing attitude. So, it should come as no surprise that his path to success was more of a relaxed journey than a fight to the top.
Mraz began performing in high school, and even though he was good at it, it didn’t make him popular. He took part in singing, drama, and cheerleading, which made him a target for bullies. He decided to leave his hometown of Mechanicsville, Virginia, behind as soon as possible to pursue a career in musical theater. When a friend gave him a guitar, though, Mraz’s goals changed. He learned to play and started writing songs.
However, he still had a long way to go before breaking into the music business. He jumped from town to town and job to job until he finally ended up in San Diego, and with fingers crossed, he released his first album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come.
傑森．瑪耶茲在他的熱門歌曲The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)中演唱「我不會把生命浪費在煩惱上」時，他是在談論自己怎麼看待工作和這個世界。除了令人愉悅的音樂外，他隨和的態度也是出了名的。所以，並不令人意外的是，他的成功之路比較像是一趟輕鬆的旅程，而不是辛苦奮鬥才到達顛峰。
瑪耶茲中學時就開始演出，儘管他表現出色，但並沒有讓他受到歡迎。他參與演唱、戲劇和啦啦隊活動，這使他成為霸凌的對象。他決定要盡快離開維吉尼亞州的家鄉梅卡尼克斯維爾去追求音樂劇事業。不過，一位朋友送他一把吉他時，瑪耶茲的目標改變了。他學會彈奏並開始寫歌。
然而，在進入音樂界前他還有很長的路要走。他從一個城鎮搬到另一個城鎮、一個工作換過一個工作，直到最後在聖地牙哥落腳，並且祈求發行的首張專輯《一飛沖天》能夠成功。


With Mraz’s latest album Look for the Good, he wants to help people see the positive things in life, especially during these difficult times. But Mraz’s songs have always had positive messages. “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry),” for example, was written to offer encouragement to a friend who was suffering from cancer. His biggest hit, “I’m Yours,” is about self-empowerment and loving yourself and others. And in “The World as I See It,” Mraz says he is “no different than the smallest bird or the biggest mountain,” an idea that helped him decide to become vegan.
Veganism is important to Mraz. So are a number of other causes such as stopping climate change and ending child slavery. Even while touring around the world, Mraz makes time to work with local groups to support their missions. This is on top of the work he does with his own organization, the Jason Mraz Foundation, to promote art education and equal rights. All in all, Jason Mraz is continuing to spread peace and love, not just through good music but also through good acts.
瑪耶茲的最新專輯《美麗新世界》中，他想幫助人們看見生命中正面積極的事物，尤其是在困難的時候。不過瑪耶茲的歌曲一直都具有正面的訊息。例如：The Remedy (I Won’t Worry) 就是寫來鼓勵一位罹患癌症的朋友。他最受歡迎的歌曲〈非我莫屬〉是關於提升自主性以及愛自己和愛別人。在〈我眼中的世界〉中，瑪耶茲說他「與最小的鳥或最大的山沒有什麼不同」，這個想法讓他決定成為素食者。
素食主義對瑪耶茲很重要。還有一些其他的目標像阻止氣候變遷和終止兒童奴工也是。即使在世界各地巡迴演出時，瑪耶茲也會抽空與當地團體合作來支持他們的使命。這是除了在他自己為促進藝術教育和平權的組織（「傑森．瑪耶茲基金會」）以外做的工作。總之，傑森．瑪耶茲不僅透過好音樂，也透過善行來持續傳播和平與愛。

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