Pop Quiz: Jason Mraz

Pop Quiz: Jason Mraz

Aidin Vaziri | How is Jason Mraz celebrating the release of his new album? By dropping his pants. The Virginia singer-songwriter recently stripped down for a Jane magazine photo shoot, posing at a rustic country house, to get the word out on his second studio release, "Mr. A-Z." The follow-up to his breakthrough debut, "Waiting for My Rocket to Come," was produced by Steve Lillywhite (U2, Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews Band), and Mraz has spent the summer as the opener on Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill Acoustic Tour."

Jason Mraz
Q: Isn't it a bit early in your career to start posing nude?
A: Posing nude? I don't know. I pose nude every day.
Q: You didn't even bother waxing the chest hair.
A: I am au naturel. I wouldn't worry about that. I feel like anybody that makes art, even you as a writer, we are all naked in some way. Every time we reveal something, we might as well be naked.
Q: What a bunch of hogwash.
A: The bottom line is, clothes are silly, aren't they?
Q: Yes, but most of us don't get physically naked until we need the cash.
A: Yeah, I'm just going for it. I don't think I even got paid for that shoot, to be honest with you.
Q: I'm sure you'll get paid in album sales.
A: Absolutely.
Q: Do you always keep your boots on?
A: Only when I'm sitting on the front steps.
Q: I hope you were sitting on a towel.
A: Nope, no towel.
Q: You could get dry rot.