It’s not that I don’t love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want to send off to college as soon as possible.
BOBBY MCFERRINYou keep going forward, fearful or not, living from moment to moment. That’s how life is.
More Bobby McFerrin Quotes
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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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When you worry your face will frown, that will bring everybody down, so don’t worry BE HAPPY!:)
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I use the audience as my color palette, my instrument.
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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 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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Musicians are the architects of heaven.
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Remembering that life can be full of surprises is useful in any part of your life.
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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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Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just start singing whatever came to mind.
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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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I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children’s stories.
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I want them to have this sense of real, real joy from the depths of their being. Because I think when you take them to that place, then you open up a place where grace can come in.
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You can try a new way of singing a song you’ve performed for years, a new way of showing your family your love for them, or a new recipe.
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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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Music is so powerful, it needs to be used for some kind of redeeming work. To lift peoples spirits, to lift their souls.
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