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Bobby McFERRIN

Then I left that school and I...

Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern California; they had one of the best big band programs in the country at the time.

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Bobby McFERRIN

Music is still part of my spi...

Music is still part of my spiritual life. Sometimes I sing my prayers. When I get audiences singing, I hope I'm helping them feel connected to something beyond themselves.

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Bobby McFERRIN

Part of our responsibility as...

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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Bobby McFERRIN

It's not that I don't love th...

It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want to send off to college as soon as possible.

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Bobby McFERRIN

When I'm on stage by myself, ...

When I'm on stage by myself, I don't have to think about anything. I don't have to worry about anything because I'm not responsible for anything except just opening my mouth and making sure music comes out.

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Bobby McFERRIN

My biggest musical influences...

My biggest musical influences are probably my parents.

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Bobby McFERRIN

My father was a very discipli...

My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up.

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Bobby McFERRIN

I like to use the audience as...

I like to use the audience as my color palette, my instrument.

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Bobby McFERRIN

Miles Davis turned his back t...

Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there to entertain; he was all about the music. I kind of do that.

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Bobby McFERRIN

I did the one concert, and I ...

I did the one concert, and I was not bitten by the conducting bug, and I thought I was done, but then the phone started to ring, and gradually, over time, I started conducting more and more. Now a third of my performances are with orchestras.

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Bobby McFERRIN

I grew up in a time when bein...

I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful.

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Bobby McFERRIN

I'd actually been making my l...

I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then as a senior in high school I put together a jazz quintet called The Bobby Mack Jazz Quintet.

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Bobby McFERRIN

Well, I started conducting ki...

Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints.

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Bobby McFERRIN

Then when I was in grammar sc...

Then when I was in grammar school I played the clarinet, and then, after clarinet I played the flute in college orchestra - besides singing in the college chorus and things like that.

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Bobby McFERRIN

I prepared five songs, I sang...

I prepared five songs, I sang them, and he hired me. I started working about a month later at the piano bar.

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Bobby McFERRIN

If I can bring joy into the w...

If I can bring joy into the world, if I can get people to stop thinking about their pain for a moment, or the fact the tomorrow morning they're going to get up and tell their boss off... then I'll be successful.

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Bobby McFERRIN

Part of our responsibility as...

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.

Bobby McFERRIN 82 quotes
Bobby McFERRIN

I like a very dark house, jus...

I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I'm still and quiet inside, I'll begin. It's very personal; it has to be. One song may be Bach, the next blues, a song from TV, or a nursery rhyme or jazz piece.

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Bobby McFERRIN

I don't want anything to get ...

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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Bobby McFERRIN

Then I came up with this craz...

Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just start singing whatever came to mind. I actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost too radical, but it became obvious what I was supposed to be doing.

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