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.
BOBBY MCFERRINImprovisation is the courage to move from one note to the next.
More Bobby McFerrin Quotes
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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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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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Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion.
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I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children’s stories.
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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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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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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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When you worry your face will frown, that will bring everybody down, so don’t worry BE HAPPY!:)
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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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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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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.
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The audience is like my instrument. It’s not just me up there, it’s collaborative.
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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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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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The true musician is to bring light into people’s hearts.
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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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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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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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Remembering that life can be full of surprises is useful in any part of your life.
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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 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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Musicians are the architects of heaven.
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When we listen to improvisational jazz, or solo classical violinists, the way they phrase and inflect melodies feels vocal, like they’re talking to us.
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Improvisation is the courage to move from one note to the next.
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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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