I'm Listening: Jon B.

Jon B. on staying mentally healthy, shares that "taking time to be still is really important."

Transcript

00:00it's not just your music that carries that good energy it's you you're so consistent anytime john

00:08i ran into him he walks into the studio he's so peaceful and there's this calming energy

00:14and one of the things that i want to know is that with your schedule just you're always on the go

00:20yeah and you've been in this business a long time how do you stay mentally healthy in your life john

00:26well i mentioned earlier being out in nature you know taking time to be still you know it's really

00:33important no matter what you do um but yeah i think it's important to be out outside you know

00:39and uh you know go water your plants you know what i mean as they say metaphorically speaking you know

00:44but i'm literally watering my plants like on the balcony just to calm down you know um taking walks

00:51i mean honestly loving my kids loving my wife and really loving my fans you know just loving my

00:56position in life i figured out the part where i was getting back to the answer of what you asked

01:01earlier about you know when i said i figured it out it's like just like the trees are supposed to

01:07like absorb all the stress that we don't talk about like you know i feel like that's my job is to absorb

01:13the energy that that i'm getting all around me but then all sudden i'm giving you oxygen with this

01:18music i'm breathing out like the realness you know what i mean and that's what i'm a product of life

01:24i'm a product of my environment so i'm thankful for the influence i'm thankful for being like here

01:30with you but not just here with you but in the nearest club you know the nearest bar the nearest

01:37wherever the culture is happening man i'm learning every day and i'm soaking it up and ever since i've

01:42been in the game at 18 you know i'm 50 this year so it's like you know i kind of feel like a little

01:47bit of a vet in this game you know but that's not stopping you know i'm just whether i'm hanging

01:52around 30 year old people or whether i'm hanging around 60 year old people whatever

01:58um it's just about celebrating life together

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