To be a musician, you have to be honest... to be honest... to be honest. — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Here's a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don't worry, be happy. — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
I prepared five songs, I sang them, and he hired me. I started working about a month later at the piano bar. — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up. — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Inviting audiences to open up and hear things differently is an important part of what I do. But I still love to… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Music is so powerful, it needs to be used for some kind of redeeming work. To lift peoples spirits, to lift their… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
I think we listen to music because we want to be changed. Music is not solely for our entertainment. Music has such… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Music is still part of my spiritual life. Sometimes I sing my prayers. When I get audiences singing, I hope I'm helping… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I'm still and quiet inside, I'll begin.… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Here's a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don't worry, be happy In every life… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
If I sing "you broke my heart, you left me flat," everyone knows exactly what that means - they know the story.… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
I try not to "perform." I try to come on stage and be myself, to sing the way I would in a… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Remembering that life can be full of surprises is useful in any part of your life. You can try a new way… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
When we listen to improvisational jazz, or solo classical violinists, the way they phrase and inflect melodies feels vocal, like they’re talking… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share
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… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share
Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern California; they had one of the best big band… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share
The audience is like my instrument. It's not just me up there, it's collaborative. — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share
Here's a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don't worry, be happy. — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share
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.… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share
I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music. — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share
I prepared five songs, I sang them, and he hired me. I started working about a month later at the piano bar. — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share
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… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share
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… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share
Remembering that life can be full of surprises is useful in any part of your life. You can try a new way of singing… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share
