If I sing "you broke my heart, you left me flat," everyone knows exactly what that means - they know the story. But if I sing a line that's plaintive or wailing, people can experience their own set of emotions and their own story. 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.
Improvisation is the courage to move from one note to the next. - Bobby Mcferrin
Improvisation is the courage to move from one note to the next.
- Bobby Mcferrin
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 ba… - Bobby Mcferrin
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 ba…
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 … - Bobby Mcferrin
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 …
Here's a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don't worry, be happy. - Bobby Mcferrin
Here's a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don't worry, be happy.
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. - Bobby Mcferrin
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.
If I can bring joy into the world, then I'll be successful. - Bobby Mcferrin
If I can bring joy into the world, then I'll be successful.
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. If I have a mission … - Bobby Mcferrin
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. If I have a mission …
The audience is like my instrument. It's not just me up there, it's collaborative. - Bobby Mcferrin
The audience is like my instrument. It's not just me up there, it's collaborative.
Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion — you keep going forward… - Bobby Mcferrin
Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion — you keep going forward…
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