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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. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#clear #get #i #me #mind

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. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#bands #been #bobby #called #high

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

#boss #bring #fact #get #going

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

#children #college #i #like #love

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

#audience #back #came #davis #entertain

My biggest musical influences are probably my parents. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#influences #musical #musical influences #parents #probably

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

— Bobby McFerrin

#craft #disciplined #father #growing #growing up

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

#best #big #big band #california #college

When I'm on stage by myself, I don't have to think about anything. I don't have to worry about anything because I'm not responsible for anything except just opening my mouth and making sure music comes out. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#anything #because #comes #except #i

What a feeble thing intelligence is, with its short steps, its waverings, its pacings back and forth, its disastrous retreats! Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances. There are people who say that intelligence must have built the universe - why, intelligence never built a steam-engine! Circumstances built a steam-engine. Intelligence is little more than a short foot-rule by which we measure the infinite achievements of Circumstances. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#innovation #intelligence #beauty