Bobby McFerrin

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. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

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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. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

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My biggest musical influences are probably my parents. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

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

— Bobby McFerrin

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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 to be really happy fulfilled adults. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

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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 classical music and jazz in the home all the time. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

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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. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

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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. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

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