I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful. — Bobby McFerrin
I do a lot of performing, but don’t get a chance to go to the studio and write good music. — Bobby McFerrin
I did the one concert, and I was not bitten by the conducting bug, and I thought I was done — Bobby McFerrin
If I can bring joy into the world, if I can get people to stop thinking about their pain for a moment — Bobby McFerrin
I prepared five songs, I sang them, and he hired me. I started working about a month later at the piano bar. — Bobby McFerrin
I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I’m still and quiet inside — Bobby McFerrin
Seriously though, my father was the first african american to sign a contract with the — Bobby McFerrin
My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up. — Bobby McFerrin
Miles davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. — Bobby McFerrin
It’s not that I don’t love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and — Bobby McFerrin
Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday — Bobby McFerrin
Then when I was in grammar school I played the clarinet, and then, after clarinet I played the — Bobby McFerrin
Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and — Bobby McFerrin
Then I left that school and I went to cerritos college, which was in southern california — Bobby McFerrin