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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.

~Bobby Mcferrin

Topics: Accident Attending Birthday Concerts Conducting Dropping Francisco Give Kind Living Myself Present San San Francisco Simply Some Special Started Then Time Wanted Well

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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.

~Bobby Mcferrin

Topics: Bitten Bug Concert Conducting Did Done Gradually More More And More Now Orchestra Over Performance Phone Ring Started Then Third Thought 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.

~Bobby Mcferrin

Topics: Actually Almost Band Became Because Came Crazy Doing Fought Idea Just Mind Obvious Out Radical Seemed Singing Stage Start Supposed Then Too Up Walk Whatever While I Came

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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

Topics: Adult Children Examples Fulfilled Happy Like Order Our Parents Part Really Responsibility Set

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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.

~Bobby Mcferrin

Topics: About Boss Bring Fact Get Going Joy Moment Morning Off Pain People Stop Successful Tell Then Thinking Tomorrow Up World I Can

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: March 11th, 1950

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