“Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give mysel...” — Bobby McFerrin Quote

“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.”

“I like to use the audience as my color palette, my instrument.”

“But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.”

“There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday.”

“I've raced on all seven continents at least twice. I've probably run thousands of races. But the single race that I'm most proud is a 10K. Yes, a 10K. I ran it with my daughter on her 10th birthday.”

“I must have been yearning for some Jewish content beyond my genetic makeup because soon after my 21st birthday, I noticed I was no longer dating WASPs.”