Bobby McFerrin Quotes

I always had a love of music, from the time I was a little kid, dressing up and singing along with Michael Jackson songs.

I've been a musician since childhood, and music is my first love. I love it.

At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.

I play the harmonium. I had learned to use the guitar for a bit before becoming a part of the music industry, but unfortunately didn't pursue it fully. I would love to learn to play the piano because it holds a unique connect for me in terms of rhythm.

Music is more of a hobby to me than my hobbies, if that makes sense. I love music; my dad and brother were very musical, and music just happens to be one of my hobbies that became my vocation.

Being a musician has actually surrounded and immersed me in pop culture and youth culture from a very young age. But even before I was singing in bands and creating any kind of art, I was always fascinated by pop culture.

I play the sax, piano, guitar, bass... I started as a kid with piano lessons.

I didn't have a philosophical understanding of music until I came to New York. I didn't understand how it applied to my kind and my generation. I thought it was just old people talking.

There was the best teachers from the Czech Philharmonic, highly dedicated people, some of the best musicians in the world passing on the knowledge about the country, about the principles, and about the music.

I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.

I decided that playing piano was a little bit too common, you know what I mean?

The more I got into playing guitar, the more I enjoyed music, and the broader my listening became. The instrument itself became important to me, and I started messing around with classical guitar and took classical lessons.

I started with the guitar around 12 years old but didn't learn the banjo until I was about 18 or 19.

I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.

My family was all musicians. We jam all the time.

I am a very musical person. I love music, and I don't just love Cape Breton fiddling, although it's my favorite.

I've actually been playing music ever since I was a young a kid. I got my first guitar when I was about 7 or 8 years old, so I've always been doing music.

I hope I don't give music a bad name.

When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.

Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.

I know girls like musicians!

I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs.

My family's a very musical family, so music's always been a part of my life.

I'm thrilled we've got a new single out, as singles were the way I first got into music as a child.

I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano.