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16 quotes by Bernie Worrell

Bernie Worrell Worrell performing in Vienna in 2009 Background information Birth name George Bernard Worrell, Jr. Also known as "Dr. Woo" Born (1944-04-19) April 19, 1944 (age 70) Long Branch, New Jersey, United States Genres Funk, rock, alternative rock, blues rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, psychedelic rock Occupation(s) Musician, composer, producer Instruments Keyboards (piano, organ, synthesizers) Years active 1947–present Associated acts...
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I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent.

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You can be enticed by food, wooed by food, sex, money, or instruments.

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I don't listen to a lot of radio today. It's not really music to me.

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I got private lessons in keyboard at Julliard, before New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.

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I talk by playing, not by words.

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I was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and no one had ever taught anybody that young, back in those days.

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I was known around the college for jamming in the lounge.

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My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist.

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People like my voice and say I can sing, but I don't like microphones in front of my face: it distracts me.

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Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Providence School of Art students used to sneak into P Funk concerts.

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The radios are going to dictate. That's another fight. That's another story there. I wish they just let it be.

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Usually, I just do what I want, because I got it that way.

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