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.
BOBBY MCFERRINYou 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.
More Bobby McFerrin Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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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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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Remembering that life can be full of surprises is useful in any part of your life.
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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 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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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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Musicians are the architects of heaven.
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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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Don’t just play the licks you know. We’re all improvising all the time – it’s good to recognize that and embrace it.
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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 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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Improvisation is the courage to move from one note to the next.
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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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