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Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.58,0:00:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.11,0:00:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's true I was born into a band;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.50,0:00:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very literally, I mean that literally.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.04,0:00:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was born, my four older brothers\Nwho were already playing music,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.79,0:00:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knew that they needed a bass player
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.59,0:00:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.06,0:00:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to round out the family band.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.74,0:00:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born into that role.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.16,0:00:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I'm older I'm looking back right now,\Nnow that I'm called a teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.10,0:00:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I look back on that,\Nand how I was taught,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.85,0:00:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that I wasn't really taught.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.38,0:00:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is why I say\Nthat music is a language;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.08,0:00:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you think\Nabout your first language,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.49,0:00:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me, and probably\Nmost of us here might be English,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.10,0:00:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'm just going to go with English.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.02,0:00:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think about how you learned it,\Nyou realize you weren't taught it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.49,0:01:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People just spoke to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.42,0:01:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the coolest thing\Nis where it gets interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.71,0:01:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you were allowed to speak back.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.83,0:01:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I take the music example,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.99,0:01:14.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in most cases, our beginners are not\Nallowed to play with the better people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.100,0:01:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're stuck in the beginning class.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.87,0:01:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to remain there a few years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.79,0:01:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you are elevated\Nto the intermediate, and then advanced;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.03,0:01:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after you graduate the advanced class,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.14,0:01:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you still have to go out\Nand pay a lot of dues.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.99,0:01:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with language,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.57,0:01:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use a musical term, even as a baby\Nyou're "jamming" with professionals.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.53,0:01:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.45,0:01:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the point that you don't even know\Nyou're a beginner.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.94,0:01:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one says, "I can't talk to you until--\NYou got to go over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.37,0:01:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're older,\Nthen I can speak to you."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.47,0:01:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.27,0:01:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.98,0:01:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one tells you what you have to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.71,0:01:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not made\Nto sit in a corner and practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.69,0:02:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're never even corrected\Nwhen you're wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.67,0:02:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it: when you're 2-3 years old,\Nand you say a word wrong over and over,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.67,0:02:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no one corrects you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.27,0:02:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you say it wrong enough times,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.39,0:02:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of correcting you,\Nyour parents learn your way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.69,0:02:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.52,0:02:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they start saying it wrong too!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.49,0:02:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The coolest part of that\Nis that you remain free,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.29,0:02:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with how you talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.24,0:02:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you never have to follow\Nthe musical role of learning
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.53,0:02:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these years and then,\Ngoing and finding your voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.56,0:02:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With your speaking voice,\Nyou've never lost it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.26,0:02:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one ever robbed you of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.34,0:02:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, when I was young\Nthat's how I was learning;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.84,0:02:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was learning English\Nand music at the same time
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.72,0:02:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.27,0:02:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I tell this to people; I usually say,\N"Yeah, I started when I was two or three."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.48,0:02:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say that just\Nbecause that's more believable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.94,0:02:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when did you start speaking English?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.96,0:03:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you wait until you were two or three?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.64,0:03:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.59,0:03:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were speaking,\NI'd probably say, before birth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.77,0:03:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever you could hear\Nis when you probably started learning it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.12,0:03:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, that's very, very cool,\Nand very very clever of my brothers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.20,0:03:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- my oldest brother, out of the five...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.73,0:03:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the youngest, Reggie is the oldest -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.74,0:03:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's only eight years older than me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.79,0:03:26.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how he was this smart, I don't know.\NThat's the real question.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.100,0:03:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That should be the real TED talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.33,0:03:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How he figured out the ingenious way
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.73,0:03:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of not teaching us,\Nyounger brothers, how to play!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.08,0:03:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't start me\Nby putting a bass in my hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.43,0:03:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.96,0:03:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing they did\Nwas to play music around me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.85,0:03:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from my earliest age that I can remember.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.28,0:03:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can remember living in Hawaii,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.13,0:03:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my brothers would set up,\Nand I can remember seeing a plastic stool.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.57,0:03:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of times\Nwe'd set up in the front yard
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.10,0:04:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I can see a plastic stool,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.95,0:04:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a little plastic toy,\NMickey Mouse wind-up-guitar,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.32,0:04:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laying on top of that stool.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.08,0:04:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one had to tell me\Nthat that was for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.08,0:04:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same way no one has to tell you\Nwhen it's your turn to talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.92,0:04:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know how to do it\Nand so I knew that stool was for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.72,0:04:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that instrument was for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.42,0:04:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had plastic strings on it, you would\Nwind it up, and it would play a song.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.22,0:04:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you couldn't really play it from\Nthe strings, and it wasn't about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.71,0:04:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time I was old enough\Nto hold an instrument,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.65,0:04:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they gave me something to hold\NJust for the sake of holding something;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.40,0:04:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preparing me for the later years.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.12,0:04:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't about playing that instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.77,0:04:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the mistake\Na lot of us, music teachers make:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.45,0:04:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we teach kids how to play the instrument\Nfirst, before they understand music.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.15,0:04:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't teach a kid how to spell.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.55,0:04:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teaching a kid to spell "milk"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.36,0:04:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they've been drinking\Na lot of it for a few years
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.03,0:04:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't make sense does it?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.48,0:05:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for some reason,\Nwe still think it does in music.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.35,0:05:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to teach them the rules\Nand the instruments first.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.12,0:05:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But by the time I was about two,\Nand they put that toy in my hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.45,0:05:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was already very musical\Nbecause I believe you're born musical.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.75,0:05:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just listen to anybody's voice.\NListen to any child's voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.05,0:05:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no purer music than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.12,0:05:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my brothers somehow knew\NI was born musical,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.54,0:05:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they wanted me to be a bass player
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.45,0:05:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when I was old enough,\Nthey put a toy in my hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.03,0:05:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would play.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.93,0:05:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would just bounce up and down\Nand strum along, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.78,0:05:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the coolest thing about it, again,\Nis it wasn't about the instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.91,0:05:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was learning to play music\Nnot an instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.04,0:05:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I continue that hopefully today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.38,0:05:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, what I did know\Nwas I knew what it meant
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.69,0:05:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when my brother opened up his high hat\Nat the end of a four-bar phrase.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.19,0:05:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I learned these phrases\Nversus that phrase.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.49,0:06:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same way a baby knows what it means
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.79,0:06:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the mother raises\Nthe pitch of her voice
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.79,0:06:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,versus the father lowering\Nthe pitch of his.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.57,0:06:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.91,0:06:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even though you may not\Neven understand what the word means.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.57,0:06:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you're learning all these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.60,0:06:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time a baby can speak a real word,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.29,0:06:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they know already a lot\Nabout the language.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.09,0:06:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was learning music the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.98,0:06:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time I had the instrument\Nin my hands, I was already very musical.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.03,0:06:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I would turn about three years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.36,0:06:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reggie took two strings off\Nof one of his six-string guitars.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.58,0:06:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He took the two high strings off,\Nand that became my first real instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.56,0:06:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Reggie actually started teaching me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.46,0:06:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put my finger\Nin certain places to produce notes
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.40,0:06:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to songs I already knew.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.86,0:06:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't starting from the beginning.\NI was musical first.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.39,0:06:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I just had to put\Nthat music through an instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.06,0:07:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And looking back on it now,\NI realize that's how I learned to talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.16,0:07:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't about learning\Nthe instrument first.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.37,0:07:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who cares about\Nthe instrument you talk with?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.81,0:07:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about what you have to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.96,0:07:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've always musically maintained\Nmy own voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.09,0:07:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've always had something to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.14,0:07:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've learned how to speak\Nthrough my instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.96,0:07:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we think about a couple of things
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.91,0:07:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not being forced to practice,\Nnot being told what you have to say
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.24,0:07:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I'm speaking English again -\Nnot being told what you have to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.06,0:07:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the teacher teaches you\Na new word in English,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.21,0:07:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she has you put it into a sentence;\Nin the context, right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.54,0:07:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A music teacher will tell you\Nto go practice it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.27,0:07:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Practicing works but it's a slower process\Nthan putting it into context.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.83,0:07:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that with English.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.00,0:07:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this was the way I learned.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.89,0:07:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I grew older, about five years old,\Nwe were actually on tour; the five of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.02,0:08:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were fortunate enough\Nto be able to tour
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.25,0:08:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opening for a great soul singer\Nnamed Curtis Mayfield.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.18,0:08:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if I was five years old,\Nmy oldest brother was only 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.15,0:08:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I think about it,\Nwe could speak good English at that age.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.21,0:08:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not music?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.74,0:08:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I've always, since then, approached\Nmusic just like a language,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.10,0:08:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I learned it\Nat the same time and in the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.78,0:08:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best part of it all
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.52,0:08:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I've maintained something\Nthat little children are born with.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.57,0:08:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.00,0:08:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of us are talked out\Nof our musical freedom,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.40,0:08:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we are first given a lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.73,0:08:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we go to a teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.23,0:08:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the teacher rarely ever finds out\Nwhy we came in the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.49,0:08:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of times,\Nthat kid playing that air guitar
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.85,0:08:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there's no right or wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.61,0:08:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not about the right or wrong notes,\Nit's not about the instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.03,0:08:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're playing because it feels right.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.29,0:09:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same way and reason\Nthat you sing in the shower.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.27,0:09:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or when you're driving\Nto work; you're singing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.80,0:09:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not singing\Nbecause it's the right notes
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.53,0:09:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you know the right scales,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.29,0:09:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're singing because it feels good.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.96,0:09:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spoke to a lady at breakfast who said,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.76,0:09:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm Ella Fitzgerald\Nwhen I'm in the shower!"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.26,0:09:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.13,0:09:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course she's right!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.86,0:09:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why does that change\Nwhen someone outside starts to listen?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.07,0:09:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That freedom becomes lost\Nas we grow and as we learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.82,0:09:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we need to find\Na way to keep that freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.66,0:09:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it can be done!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.32,0:09:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not gone forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.24,0:09:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A kid playing air guitar will play\Nwith a smile on their face.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.78,0:09:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give them the first lesson,\Nthe smile goes away.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.65,0:09:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of times you have to work for
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.59,0:09:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your whole musical life\Nto get that smile back.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.80,0:10:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As teachers, we can keep that smile,\Nif we approach it the right way.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.77,0:10:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say approach it like a language;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.84,0:10:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allow the student to keep the freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.77,0:10:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I got older, a little bit older,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.71,0:10:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my brothers and I started\Nto tour and play a lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.64,0:10:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mom would ask a question\Nthat I never understood really
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.73,0:10:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I got much older\Nand had kids of my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.97,0:10:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Mom would ask us boys,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.34,0:10:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was saying,\N"What does the world need
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.09,0:10:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with another good musician?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.90,0:10:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.21,0:10:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm saying music,\Nbut insert your own career.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.08,0:10:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does the world need with you?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.67,0:10:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really made me realize\Nthat now, as I've got older,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.79,0:10:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,music is more than just a language,\Nmusic is a lifestyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.89,0:10:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's my lifestyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.17,0:10:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't get me wrong: I'm not talking about\Nthe lifestyle a lot of musicians lead.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.90,0:10:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we can look back\Nat our musical heroes of the past
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.66,0:11:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and realize that they were\Nhuge successes in music,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.39,0:11:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just as huge failures in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.11,0:11:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could name a few of them,\Nbut I don't want to upset anybody;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.04,0:11:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if we think about our heroes,\Na lot of them were like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.49,0:11:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think our parents were\Npreparing us for something
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.98,0:11:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we didn't know at the time,\Nbut I think she could see ahead.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.93,0:11:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What does the world need
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.58,0:11:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with another good musician?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.58,0:11:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're practicing all these hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.22,0:11:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We turned our whole house\Ninto a music room
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.42,0:11:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where all the neighborhood, all\Nthe state-wide musicians would show up.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.50,0:11:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.07,0:11:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my parents would spend money\Nthey didn't have
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.36,0:11:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure we had\Nthe next newest instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.93,0:11:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every Christmas,\NSanta would bring the newest thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.91,0:11:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was that about?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.70,0:11:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was it just so that we could make money?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.64,0:11:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we could stand on stage\Nand bask in the glory?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.47,0:12:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realize now, that it is\Nmuch more than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.22,0:12:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Music is my lifestyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.58,0:12:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now as I'm going into\Nreally studying music,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.41,0:12:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I could share it with\Nother people in a teacher's role,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.51,0:12:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realize that there's a lot\Nthat we can learn from music
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.97,0:12:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and apply to our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.46,0:12:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be a good musician,\Nyou have to be a good listener.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.01,0:12:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doesn't matter how great I am\Nas a bassist, or any instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.25,0:12:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doesn't matter how great I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.81,0:12:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can put five of the world's\Nbest musicians on this stage.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.37,0:12:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we're great\Nseparate from each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.38,0:12:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to sound horrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.73,0:12:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we listen to each other\Nand play together,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.68,0:12:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individually, we don't have\Nto be as great,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.49,0:12:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it'll sound much better.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.50,0:13:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was invited a couple years in a row\Nto go to Stanford, in California,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.76,0:13:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put together a musical team\Nto address the incoming freshman class.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.02,0:13:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we were able to use music\Nto give them an idea
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.89,0:13:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the next four years\Nof their life might be like.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.76,0:13:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was fun using music to do it\Nbecause music is a way
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.67,0:13:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can talk about anything\Nthat could be kind of touchy:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.82,0:13:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,politics, racism, equality,\Ninequality, religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.40,0:13:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can do it through music,\Nand I'm still safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.63,0:13:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were able to pick\Nsomeone out of the audience
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.91,0:13:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who'd never played an instrument before.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.85,0:13:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually, it was a female;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.12,0:13:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have her come up,\Nwe'd strap a bass around her neck,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.60,0:13:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I would get the band playing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.45,0:13:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as soon as the band starts playing,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.35,0:13:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that person starts doing this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.94,0:13:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.55,0:13:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say, "That's music!"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.29,0:13:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you listen to that bass,\Nlike any instrument in a music store,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.46,0:13:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it's sitting there,\Nit doesn't make a sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.29,0:13:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you want music to come\Nout of that, you have to put it there.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.52,0:13:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that groove that's in your neck,\Nyou just have to put it in the instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.58,0:13:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I just had her\Nwith her left hand squeeze the neck
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.12,0:14:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- because everyone knows how\Nto hold an instrument, that's not new -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.34,0:14:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,squeeze it and then, let\Nyour right hand dance, on the string.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.01,0:14:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She starts bouncing on that note,\Nand the band kicks up around her.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.17,0:14:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of a sudden, she's a bassist.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.16,0:14:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More so, she's a musician.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.54,0:14:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A dancer never has to ask questions\Nbefore they dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.26,0:14:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A singer doesn't usually have to ask\Nwhat key are we in.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.93,0:14:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Musicians have to ask too many questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.64,0:14:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what that taught me is that, "Wow!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.45,0:14:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we're great,\Nshe doesn't have to know anything."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.29,0:14:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.22,0:14:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of a sudden, anyone who were\Nto walk into the room and see this band
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.83,0:14:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this newcomer on stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.83,0:14:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no one would know\Nwho was the newcomer.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.10,0:14:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that let me know, "Wow!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.60,0:14:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I use my greatness in the right way,\Nit can help others rise up quickly."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.91,0:14:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the coolest thing about\Nthat whole thing in Stanford
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.73,0:14:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is she got to take the bass home!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.40,0:14:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.91,0:15:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw her recently,\Nshe is still a bassist
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.91,0:15:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that's great.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.95,0:15:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listening is a great musical key\Nthat we can use for life,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.51,0:15:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working together, of course, being great\Nto help other people become great.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.63,0:15:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people put you up on a pedestal,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.41,0:15:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't come off the pedestal\Nacting like you're humble.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.13,0:15:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stay up on that pedestal,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.38,0:15:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if they put you there\Nthat's showing you how high they can see.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.78,0:15:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stay there and pull them up.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.71,0:15:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they'll grow faster\Nthan if you come down.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.30,0:15:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're going to help these people\Nbecause we're great.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.64,0:15:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In music, usually, I'm not great\Nuntil you say I am, anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.79,0:15:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say,\N"He's won all these Grammy's."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.08,0:15:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't win anything without you all.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.55,0:15:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another thing my mom\Nalways taught us
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.71,0:15:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is, "You boys are already successful.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.26,0:15:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rest of the world\Njust doesn't know it yet!"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.94,0:15:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't understand that then,\Nbut I really, really do now.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.05,0:15:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really quickly, before I get out of here\NI just want you to think about this:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.46,0:15:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I were to play two notes,\NLet's say I play a C;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.47,0:16:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- just want you to use your imagination -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.48,0:16:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I play a C and a C-sharp\Nright next to each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.85,0:16:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it'll probably sound\Nlike those notes clash;
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.24,0:16:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wrong!", "Bad!"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.39,0:16:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if I take the C up an octave,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.13,0:16:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play the C-sharp and the C again.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.73,0:16:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of a sudden, it sounds beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.55,0:16:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Same two notes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.55,0:16:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That C becomes a major seventh\Nto the C-sharp
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.13,0:16:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a key element that makes a chord\Nalmost too beautiful, too nice sounding.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.96,0:16:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how can the same two notes\Nsound bad and clash in one instance
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.74,0:16:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beautiful in another?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.00,0:16:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just take that to life.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.60,0:16:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we see something bad,\Nor awful, or horrible in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.66,0:16:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe we're just reviewing it\Nin the wrong octave.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.80,0:16:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we could change our perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.05,0:16:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, if you see\Nsomething that's wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.56,0:17:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should know\Nthat you're seeing it in the wrong octave
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.48,0:17:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find a way to change your viewpoint.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.27,0:17:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or to use a musical term -\Nchange your octave.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.05,0:17:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Countries make bombs\Nwith the goal of hurting people,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.91,0:17:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instilling fear, killing people,\Nproving a point.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.07,0:17:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Countries, governments bless\Nthe bombs before they're sent.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.91,0:17:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This happens from the top-down,\Nthe government down.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.52,0:17:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is our answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.37,0:17:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Makes me realize that the solution\Nmay have to come from the bottom-up.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.75,0:17:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is anyone working on a bomb\Nthat makes people love you?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.26,0:17:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe a cupid bomb?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.20,0:17:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe we already have it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.19,0:17:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called Music.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.68,0:17:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every country has\Ntheir own version of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.68,0:17:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it works. It brings people together.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.25,0:18:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to know\Na thing about it to get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.84,0:18:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a language. It's a lifestyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.95,0:18:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it can save the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.97,0:18:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Victor Wooten. I'm a musician.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.66,0:18:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hope you'll join\Nme on the battlefield.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.95,0:18:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.06,0:18:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.11,0:18:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)