I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children’s stories.
BOBBY MCFERRINThe audience is like my instrument. It’s not just me up there, it’s collaborative.
More Bobby McFerrin Quotes
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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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The voice gets to the soul of a person more than any other instrument. Because it’s the voice. It sings talks, it cries, it laughs, it squeals, it barks, it shouts it whispers, There is no other instrument that can do that. We’re born with it.
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The audience is like my instrument. It’s not just me up there, it’s collaborative.
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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’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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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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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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The true musician is to bring light into people’s hearts.
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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 do a lot of performing, but don’t get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.
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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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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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One song may be Bach, the next blues, a song from TV, or a nursery rhyme or jazz piece.
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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 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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