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My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up.

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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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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Improvisation is the courage to move from one note to the next.
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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 played piano as a kid I still play a little bit.
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To me, it's our job as artists. You must bring joy.
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Musicians are the architects of heaven.
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But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful.
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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 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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Music is so powerful, it needs to be used for some kind of redeeming work. To lift peoples spirits, to lift their souls.
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The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts.
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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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