To be a musician, you have to be honest... to be honest... to be honest. Bobby McFerrin More Quotes by Bobby McFerrin More Quotes From Bobby McFerrin The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts. Bobby McFerrin music heart science 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 McFerrin voice soul laughing Sometimes mistakes are the best thing that can happen, because they might lift you...out of your complacency, and open your mind up to a whole other area that you wouldn't have gone to intentionally. Bobby McFerrin growth mind mistake Here's a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don't worry, be happy. Bobby McFerrin want worry song In every life we have some trouble, but when you worry you make it double. Don't worry. Be happy. Bobby McFerrin life-lesson positive-thinking worry I think we listen to music because we want to be changed. Music is not solely for our entertainment. Music has such tremendous power to bring joy. To me, that's our job as artists. Not happiness, not a groove, whatever. You must bring joy. I think that's the assignment. I have no doubt about it. Bobby McFerrin artist jobs thinking When you worry your face will frown, that will bring everybody down, so don't worry BE HAPPY!:) Bobby McFerrin your-face faces worry This is what I want everyone to experience at the end of my concert... Bobby McFerrin real joy thinking Music is so powerful, it needs to be used for some kind of redeeming work. To lift peoples spirits, to lift their souls. Bobby McFerrin powerful soul needs Improvisation is the courage to move from one note to the next. Bobby McFerrin notes next moving Music is still part of my spiritual life. Sometimes I sing my prayers. When I get audiences singing, I hope I'm helping them feel connected to something beyond themselves. Bobby McFerrin singing prayer spiritual Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion — you keep going forward, fearful or not, living from moment to moment. That’s how life is. Bobby McFerrin keys expectations mean To me, it's our job as artists. You must bring joy. Bobby McFerrin artist joy jobs If I can bring joy into the world, then I'll be successful. Bobby McFerrin successful joy happiness Musicians are the architects of heaven. Bobby McFerrin architect musician heaven 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 Bobby McFerrin responsibility life children I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible. Bobby McFerrin singing mind want 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. 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. 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. Bobby McFerrin song talking moving When we're doing our lessons, the teacher doesn't say, 'Ready, set, work,' They say, 'Ready, set, play,' and I always took that word seriously. Bobby McFerrin lessons play teacher 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. Bobby McFerrin senior years school
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