Remembering that life can be full of surprises is useful in any part of your life.
BOBBY MCFERRINSo 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.
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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I found that if I sang a line using the consonants, vowels, shadings, and inflection we recognize as human language sounds, people responded as if I were talking to them.
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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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The audience is like my instrument. It’s not just me up there, it’s collaborative.
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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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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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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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When you worry your face will frown, that will bring everybody down, so don’t worry BE HAPPY!:)
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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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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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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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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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One song may be Bach, the next blues, a song from TV, or a nursery rhyme or jazz piece.
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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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