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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.

Bobby McFerrin

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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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  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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  Music is still part of my spiritual life. Sometimes I sing my prayers. When I get audiences singing, I hope I’m helping them feel connected to something beyond themselves.

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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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  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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  If I sing “you broke my heart, you left me flat,” everyone knows exactly what that means – they know the story. But if I sing a line that’s plaintive or wailing, people can experience their own set of emotions and their own story.

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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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  Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion.

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  The audience is like my instrument. It’s not just me up there, it’s collaborative.

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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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  If I have a mission it’s to make everyone who comes to my concerts leave feeling a heightened sense of freedom to play, sing, and enjoy themselves.

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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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  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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  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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  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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