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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.
Bobby McFerrin
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Bobby McFerrin
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 11
Beatboxer
Conductor
Jazz Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Songwriter
Vocalist
Manhattan borough
New York City
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr.
Robert Keith McFerrin
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Robert McFerrin
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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.
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But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.
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Whenever I'm onstage, I try my best not to think that I'm performing. It's simply another part of my day.
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I played piano as a kid I still play a little bit.
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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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Musicians are the architects of heaven.
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Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just start singing whatever came to mind. 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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When I'm on stage by myself, I don't have to think about anything. I don't have to worry about anything because I'm not responsible for anything except just opening my mouth and making sure music comes out.
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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 grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful.
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I’m not a scholar or a psychologist, so I don’t really think about why. But I do think about what it means to sing to and with people, to offer music to them, and to ask them to spend time with me.
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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 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.
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Improvisation is the courage to move from one note to the next.
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I have a lot of albums yet to do.
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My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up.
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I did the one concert, and I was not bitten by the conducting bug, and I thought I was done, but then the phone started to ring, and gradually, over time, I started conducting more and more. Now a third of my performances are with orchestras.
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I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible.
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To me, it's our job as artists. You must bring joy.
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In every life we have some trouble, but when you worry you make it double. Don't worry. Be happy.
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