One song may be Bach, the next blues, a song from TV, or a nursery rhyme or jazz piece.
BOBBY MCFERRINWhen you worry your face will frown, that will bring everybody down, so don’t worry BE HAPPY!:)
More Bobby McFerrin Quotes
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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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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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Remembering that life can be full of surprises is useful in any part of your life.
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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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You keep going forward, fearful or not, living from moment to moment. That’s how life is.
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The true musician is to bring light into people’s hearts.
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I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children’s stories.
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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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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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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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If I stand there, appreciating the world around me as full of amazing sounds and the possibility of new ones,
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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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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 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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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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