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Bobby McFerrin

"The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts."

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"The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts."

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"My biggest musical influences are probably my parents."
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"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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"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 want to write a book of poetry, as well as children's stories."
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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 to entertain; he was all about the music. I kind of do that."
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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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"But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing."
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"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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"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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"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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