Bernie Worrell Professions : KeyboardistBorn : April 19, 1944Died : June 24, 2016 Browse All Authors Quotes From Bernie Worrell Usually, I just do what I want, because I got it that way. Bernie Worrell wantway Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Bernie Worrell rock-and-rollrocksfame People like my voice and say I can sing, but I don't like microphones in front of my face: it distracts me. Bernie Worrell voicefacespeople I talk by playing, not by words. Bernie Worrell You can be enticed by food, wooed by food, sex, money, or instruments. Bernie Worrell instrumentsmoneysex The Pigtronix Envelope Phaser pedal is a definite 'must have' for your Funk recipe cookbook......it adds definite Funkaliciousness to your WOO stew. Bernie Worrell envelopesrecipesadd The radios are going to dictate. That's another fight. That's another story there. I wish they just let it be. Bernie Worrell fightingstorieswish Providence School of Art students used to sneak into P Funk concerts. Bernie Worrell studentsartschool I got private lessons in keyboard at Julliard, before New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Bernie Worrell bostonlessonsmusic I was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and no one had ever taught anybody that young, back in those days. Bernie Worrell taughtbrancheslong I was known around the college for jamming in the lounge. Bernie Worrell knowncollege I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent. Bernie Worrell natural-giftstalentmother I don't listen to a lot of radio today. It's not really music to me. Bernie Worrell radiomusictoday My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist. Bernie Worrell pianistconcertsmother As far as arrangements after the basic track is cut, if I'm writing a horn arrangement or playing strings, I might arrange that, plan that out. Other times, I'll just sit and roll tape. Bernie Worrell trackcuttingwriting We used to have a main female vocalist. But she had a baby. Now we do the singing ourselves. Bernie Worrell femalesingingbaby Woo means the ability to entice someone or something to get what you want. My first solo album was called: All the Woo of the Universe, which was titled by George Clinton. Bernie Worrell wantmeanfirsts Similar Authors Benmont Tench keyboardist Barry Goldberg keyboardist Derek Sherinian keyboardist Michal Lapaj keyboardist Keith Emerson keyboardist Jordan Rudess keyboardistAll Authors
