Exclusive: Conversations and Music with Michael Feinstein- The Finale!

Greetings, my friends

This is the last of these videos that I'm going to be posting for a while

However, if there's something that you're interested in seeing me sing or do or want to know about in my world of arcane music

please do reach out to me and connect and maybe I'll surprise you and come back and share some more

stories or memorabilia or music. But for now I'm going to take a little break and turn inward

because I feel that this is a time of such tremendous importance

in that every decision we make is meaningful, is purposeful. One of the things that has happened for me in this

heart-sinking experience is that that there's always some kind of opportunity that comes

where we can somehow make our world better. There are people that are experiencing such horrible things

death, deprivation, sadness, so many worries in the world. And the only thing we have control over is the personal choice we make

in how we respond to something. And this time has made me examine my life, re-examine it

hoping that what comes from this will be an opportunity to be in some way a better person

For me, meditation and prayer is extremely important. And every day I've been joining with a prayer group started by Carolyn Mace

1 p.m. Pacific time. I've been praying for world peace just during visualization

and seeing the world the way that I would like it to be. But one of the other things that has come to me in this time

time is that we have such tremendous power in ourselves that is untapped that we don realize that we don think about or see but we have power The power of our individual choices is tremendous I believe that the thought forms that we put out in the world

every moment of every thought, puts something in the world. And when you multiply that by millions, it's infinitely powerful

Therefore, I have resolved to be more mindful about what I think

about what I say and what I do, because it all contributes to the whole

And together, by creating the intention of what we want, in some way it helps to make the world a better place

I do believe in a divine spirit or a divine energy, whatever you want to call it

that we are all a part of. And I know that that energy is something that works through us

and is guiding us and is moving us to some other place

literally Lord knows where but I do know that collectively we will come through this

and we will be stronger for it that is my prayer I'm going to sing you a song surprise

this one is written by Marshall Bearer the lyrics are by Marshall Bearer

the music is by Michael Leonard known to his friend says Mickey

and unbeknownst to Mickey Marshall wrote these words as a song of

liberation. He wrote it for gay liberation, even though you would not know that

listening to this song, because it is simply a song that encourages people

to live their truth and to take the time now to do so

He's saying that the time is now to create what we want. There is no time like the present

to take the initiative and to live our truth. Marshall said that he was inspired in creating the title of the time has come by Victor Hugo

who said I paraphrasing because they don remember the exact quote but it was something like nothing can stop an idea whose time has come The first of these lyrics are actually a quotation of Lewis Carroll

I think the Jabberwocky, the poem. But then it gets into the words of

Marshall Bearer. has come to all you said to talk of many things

of shoes and ships and sea. And sea them wells

of carriages and kings. our fee

practical advice might take it slowly twice

might very well suffice for some but such

as we would choose to see What others still refuse to see

We break the night To save the right To meet a different drop

For us, the time has come. Practical advice, like it's

like it's slow than twice

might very well suffice for some. But such as we

would choose to sing while others still refuse to see

And I pray the night To save the right To meet a different drug

For us, the time has come For us, the time has come

the time has come