Bobby McFerrin Quotes

Music should be healing. Music should uplift the soul. Music should inspire.

Music saved my life. The voice you hear, the soul, the pain, is that of a person who deeply, deeply, deeply appreciates the opportunity they've been given.

It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours and help ease any burden that might weigh upon you.

Gospel music is never pessimistic, it's never 'oh my god, its all going down the tubes', like the blues often is.

Rock'n'roll saved my soul.

Music gives me a lot of peace, either classic music with its structure or the spontaneity of Miles Davis. It brings the best in you.

There's been times when I've been standing in a line at a movie and someone's hit me with something really heavy about someone really close and how our music has helped them get through it. Even in our darkest moments we try and find something beautiful.

I am moved by music, and certain things just make my day.

Music is for dreamers, I think.

Music isn't what I do. It's who I am.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

Music washes away the dust of every day life.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

I just think music is such a beautiful thing. It lifts the heart and buoys up your spirits - all kinds of music.

The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts.

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

There's nothing better than lifting somebody's spirit with music.

I even got letters form kids in hospitals saying the music is what keeps them going, and that really touched my heart.

I have been drawn to stories that are attempting to turn suffering into beauty.

Rock-and-roll, to me, is very serious because we deal with the young people. We deal with people who need something, and that's the same thing that a preacher does. He feeds you something that you need spiritually in your soul and in your makeup.

I think the soul of Good Charlotte is just feeling good.

When I felt upset and lost, music always had the answer.

Music makes me love life, and without it, I don't know if I'd be happy.

La India's voice is so powerful. It will give you life.

I think all the best songs do that: they offer some sort of hope and light in the darkness.