I try not to "perform." I try to come on stage and be myself, to sing the way I would in a room by myself, to interact with the audience the way I would relate to them if we were in my kitchen drinking tea and making up silly songs. Maybe the way to get past the fear of being ourselves is simply to try it more often.
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
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 …
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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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 …
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