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I’m not a scholar or a psychologist, so I don’t really think about why. But I do think about what it means to sing to and with people, to offer music to them, and to ask them to spend time with me.
Bobby McFerrin
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Bobby McFerrin
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 11
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr.
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When you worry your face will frown, that will bring everybody down, so don't worry BE HAPPY!:)
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