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Bobby McFerrin has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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 birthday, and…
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Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order…
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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 as possible.
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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, and then…
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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 up with…
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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, I'll begin.…
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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 mind up…
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Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just…
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Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there…
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With my little band, I did everything they did with a big band. I made the blues jump.
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I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records.
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Because usually in the past when I was in a big band, that was all I did.
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My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never…
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It is not very practical in today's world when you tour all over the place having a big band.
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