The audience is like my instrument. It’s not just me up there, it’s collaborative.
BOBBY MCFERRINMusicians are the architects of heaven.
More Bobby McFerrin Quotes
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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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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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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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Musicians are the architects of heaven.
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Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn’t there to entertain; he was all about the music. I kind of do that.
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One song may be Bach, the next blues, a song from TV, or a nursery rhyme or jazz piece.
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I’d actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then as a senior in high school I put together a jazz quintet called The Bobby Mack Jazz Quintet.
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If I stand there, appreciating the world around me as full of amazing sounds and the possibility of new ones,
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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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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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Remembering that life can be full of surprises is useful in any part of your life.
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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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I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children’s stories.
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Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion.
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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 In every life we have some trouble But when you worry you make it double Don’t worry, be happy Don’t worry, be happy now
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