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On Being with Krista Tippett

[Unedited] Bobby McFerrin with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

On Being Studios

Society, Spirituality, Society & Culture, Sociology, Culture, Science, Religion & Spirituality, Krista Tippett, Social Sciences, On Being, Arts

4.710.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2014

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Bobby McFerrin is a ten-time Grammy Award winner. He is one of the world’s best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, a world-renowned classical conductor, and a passionate spokesman for music education. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Bobby McFerrin — Catching Song.” Find more at onbeing.org.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is On Being's Unheard Cut. I'm Krista Tippett. You're listening to my unedited conversation

0:05.1

with musician Bobby McFarron. I spoke with him on April 22nd, 2011, from orchestra hall in

0:11.4

Minneapolis. This interview is included in our show Catching Song. Download the MP3 of that

0:17.3

produced show at onbeing.org.

0:20.6

In Paris, right? That's true. Yeah. It's a pale. Yeah. And where are you living now, Philadelphia?

0:30.0

Philadelphia. Do you like it? Very much. I love where I live. We have an old farmhouse in the woods.

0:37.7

So it's very, very quiet. I think about wind and you know. Philadelphia is such a funky city.

0:45.6

It's a nice place. It is indeed. Yeah. And we found this house in the north-west corner of the city.

0:57.7

So is it? What's this? Do you know Philadelphia? Chestnut Hill? Yeah. Yeah. It's near there.

1:15.6

Thank you. Can we go ahead and start? Do we have to wait for 415?

1:23.1

Then we can maybe finish a couple minutes. Oh, Krista isn't here. We need Krista. Oh, you're there.

1:32.3

Yeah, let's do it. Because I don't really want to make some all talk. I really want to get into it.

1:39.1

It's my microphone where it should be. Did I move it? Balance the video with our audio game.

1:48.7

Balance the video with our audio game.

1:52.7

Okay, you know what? Is anything I can put my tea bag in? Put it right here where I put mine.

2:01.1

Just don't get my cookies wet. All right. Oh, I think I.

2:09.6

Have you, have you heard our show? Mm-hmm. Okay. So where I want to start is where I start with everybody.

2:20.4

Even atheist, quantum physicists. I just want to hear about the religious or spiritual background

2:28.0

of your childhood. Was there one? Mm-hmm. I attended an Episcopal Church in Los Angeles,

2:35.8

I sang in the Children's Choir. I was an altar boy.

2:45.2

I loved the service. I loved the music. We had a wonderful choir director.

2:53.9

Did you have an Anglican Boyz Choir? It wasn't a Boyz Choir now. It was a Children's Choir.

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