Quote by Bobby McFerrin
Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give m

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

Other quotes by Bobby McFerrin

I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful. – Bobby McFerrin

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Learning
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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 theyre going to get up and tell their boss off… then Ill be successful. – Bobby McFerrin

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Morning
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Other Quotes from
Birthday
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Its odd the things that people remember. Parents will arrange a birthday party, certain it will stick in your mind forever. Youll have a nice time, then two years later youll be like, There was a pony there? Really? And a clown with one leg? – David Sedaris

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Birthday

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present. – Thomas Fuller

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Birthday

If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it. – David Horowitz

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Birthday

When I was in elementary school, I used to write letters to myself. Id write letters and go Dear Kristen-at-16-years-old, happy birthday. I hope youre doing something. – Kristin Kreuk

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Birthday

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The knowledge that there is a part of the psychic functions that are out of conscious reach, we did not need to wait for Freud to know this! – Jacques Lacan

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My dream career would be to be in things that have real heart and are telling real stories but while doing that, youre getting really big laughs. I dont necessarily love the straight crazy comedies. Caddyshack is amazing, but theres not a lot of new Caddyshacks. – Jake Johnson

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amazing

In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game. – Bobby Thomson

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famous

Im very romantic. Ive emptied flower shops. – Bob Hoskins

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Romantic