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“There use to be a point where I would be afraid of making mistakes. I’m no longer afraid of making mistakes. I make them every night during a performance. Something happens: I meant for my voice to go right and it went left instead. I meant for my voice to go up and it goes down, you know. Wherever my voice goes, wherever it takes me I just follow it. I just watch it. It leads me to whatever, you know. I trust it.”
~Bobby McFerrin from Catching Song
photo by Erinc Salor (Taken with Instagram)
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“There use to be a point where I would be afraid of making mistakes. I’m no longer afraid of making mistakes. I make them every night during a performance. Something happens: I meant for my voice to go right and it went left instead. I meant for my voice to go up and it goes down, you know. Wherever my voice goes, wherever it takes me I just follow it. I just watch it. It leads me to whatever, you know. I trust it.”

~Bobby McFerrin from Catching Song

photo by Erinc Salor (Taken with Instagram)

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  • 7 months ago [Thu, Oct 11th, 2012 at 4:32pm]
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    Love Bobby McFerrin. Saw him on campus my freshman year and went to his concert on my 19th birthday. Amazing musician,...
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    remind myself that mistakes are when the good stuff happens. - Dominick
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