“My biggest musical influences are probably my parents.” — Bobby McFerrin Quote

“My biggest musical influences are probably my parents.”

“I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful.”

“Then when I was in grammar school I played the clarinet, and then, after clarinet I played the flute in college orchestra - besides singing in the college chorus and things like that.”

“One of the influences of Kafka over later writers is not so much in the content of his work as in its form.”

“If there's one thing that I've learned from both Spike Lee and Tarantino, it's that you can wear your influences on your sleeve but at the same time invoke new energy and new flavor.”

“I haven't read a book in a very, very long time because, when I'm writing, I don't like to see other people's work. I don't want to see something great and not be able to use it, and I don't want to have any subconscious influences.”