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Bobby McFerrin Quotes
Page 2 of 2Bobby McFerrin
March 11, 1950 -
Nationality: American
Category: Musician
Subcategory: American Musician
|  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. | | 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. | | I like to use the audience as my color palette, my instrument. | | I prepared five songs, I sang them, and he hired me. I started working about a month later at the piano bar. | | I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful. |
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