"Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults,……" — Bobby McFerrin
"Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults"
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38 Quotes by Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin has 38 quotes on this site.
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The audience is like my instrument. It's not just me up there, it's collaborative.
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Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth…
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I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear…
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When you worry your face will frown, that will bring everybody down, so don't worry BE HAPPY!:)
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I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old,…
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My biggest musical influences are probably my parents.
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Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew…
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I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I'm still and quiet inside,…
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Sometimes mistakes are the best thing that can happen, because they might lift you...out of your complacency, and open your…
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Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all…
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Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he…
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If I can bring joy into the world, then I'll be successful.
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
— Margaret Atwood
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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably…
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
— Jean Baudrillard
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
— Martha Beck
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
— Martha Beck
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
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