A biography for Bobby McFerrinhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful.”
“I played piano as a kid; I still play a little bit.”
“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.”
“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.”