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Bobby McFerrin

"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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"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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"I got out of college in 1997, and TV embraced me very quickly."

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"College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back."

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"My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up."
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"I played piano as a kid; I still play a little bit."
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"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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