Musicians are the architects of heaven.
BOBBY MCFERRINHere’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
More Bobby McFerrin Quotes
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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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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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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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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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When you worry your face will frown, that will bring everybody down, so don’t worry BE HAPPY!:)
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The audience is like my instrument. It’s not just me up there, it’s collaborative.
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Remembering that life can be full of surprises is useful in any part of your life.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children’s stories.
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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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