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.
BOBBY MCFERRINI actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost too radical, but it became obvious what I was supposed to be doing.
More Bobby McFerrin Quotes
-
-
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.
BOBBY MCFERRIN -
I use the audience as my color palette, my instrument.
BOBBY MCFERRIN -
Music is so powerful, it needs to be used for some kind of redeeming work. To lift peoples spirits, to lift their souls.
BOBBY MCFERRIN -
I do a lot of performing, but don’t get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.
BOBBY MCFERRIN -
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 -
Improvisation is the courage to move from one note to the next.
BOBBY MCFERRIN -
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 MCFERRIN -
The true musician is to bring light into people’s hearts.
BOBBY MCFERRIN -
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.
BOBBY MCFERRIN -
Musicians are the architects of heaven.
BOBBY MCFERRIN -
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.
BOBBY MCFERRIN -
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.
BOBBY MCFERRIN -
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
BOBBY MCFERRIN -
So I want to come back here [to Israel] to see the places that I read about every day. It’s very important to my faith to feed [my] spirit in Israel.
BOBBY MCFERRIN -
The audience is like my instrument. It’s not just me up there, it’s collaborative.
BOBBY MCFERRIN