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BOBBY MCFERRINHere’s a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don’t worry, be happy.
More Bobby McFerrin Quotes
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I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children’s stories.
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I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I’m still and quiet inside, I’ll begin. It’s very personal; it has to be.
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Here’s a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don’t worry, be happy.
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Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults
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You keep going forward, fearful or not, living from moment to moment. That’s how life is.
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Remembering that life can be full of surprises is useful in any part of your life.
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This is what I want everyone to experience at the end of my concert… everyone has this sense of rejoicing. I don’t want them to be blown away by what I do,
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Musicians are the architects of heaven.
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I bury my mind in my book, the Bible. Every morning it’s the first thing that I do. I’ve been doing it for years and years.
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I think play and joy and feeling good deserve more of our time. I don’t see why adults are supposed to grow out of those things.
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I do a lot of performing, but don’t get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.
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Each of us might give that phrase a different meaning. It’s open to interpretation, and one song becomes a thousand songs. I love that.
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When I was figuring out how to perform solo, I wanted to move back and forth between bass riffs, melody, and harmony, so I often used sounds instead of — or alongside — the words of a song.
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I couldn’t do anything without faith. I couldn’t open up my eyes, I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t sing.
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I actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost too radical, but it became obvious what I was supposed to be doing.
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