85 Quotes by 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 barks, it shouts it whispers, There is no other instrument that can do that. We're born with it.

So I went to California State University, the composition department, and I studied composition and orchestration and things like that.

I want to write more albums. Right now, I release an album every two to three years, but I would like to release one every year.

And I just automatically said music. I hadn't really thought about it, but I thought, well I guess I'll be a musician. It was pretty much like that.

I've got one week left, and then I'm done for a year. I haven't had a sabbatical, I haven't taken a year off from touring in 15 years at least.

If I can delay that for a moment and bring a little joy... and help them to see things a little differently, then I'll be successful.

In every life we have some trouble, but when you worry you make it double. Don’t worry. Be happy.

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.

Here’s a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don’t worry, be happy.