“I was in college, but I got kicked out. It was a very free school, but I created a "bad impression." Like I was a bit more fiery in those days. At the time I got kicked out, I knew exactly what I was going to do and didn't even bother to go back for a leaving certificate. Then I was singing in folk clubs around Birmingham and playing jazz in clubs on Sundays.” SchoolBitsCollegeSingingJazzLeavingFolksClubsImpressionBotherSundayFieryCertificatesBirminghamPlaying JazzBad Impression Author:Steve Winwood
“I must have played every college and university at least three times, and that goes for most of the clubs. I'd be on the road six days a week, go home and change bags, and then be gone for another six days.” HomeThreeGoneWeekHavensCollegeSixUniversityClubsBagsThree TimesColleges And Universities Author:Richie Havens
“People yearn to be in one of the best--a combat marine regiment, an elite college, the executive committee of a company, a religious sect, a fraternity, a garden club--any collectivity that can be compared favorably with other, competing groups.” PeopleReligiousCompanyGroupsHuman NatureCollegeGardenClubsExecutivesCombatElitesCommitteesCompetingMarineSectsFraternityCollectivityReligious Sects Author:E. O. Wilson
“Baseball is like cricket, and I grew up in a country where they had cricket. So I understand cricket, soccer and basketball. I played basketball at the club level and a little bit in college, so thats why Im a basketball fanatic.” LittlesCountryBitsLevelsCollegeGrewBasketballLittle BitGrew UpBaseballClubsSoccerCricketFanatics Author:Patrick Soon-Shiong
“The Edith Head Trio, I would say, would be even less of a musical career than playing the accordion, particularly because I played the accordion in The Edith Head Trio. I'm very impressed by your Googling. The Edith Head Trio and another band, Tzamboni, were two bands I was in after college that played at tiny clubs to little acclaim. Our Gypsy tango version of "When Doves Cry" was our biggest hit.But we were not destined for greatness.” LittlesTwoWould BeCareersCryGreatnessCollegeBandMusicalClubsTinyVersionsImpressedDestinedDoveGypsyTangoAcclaimTriosAccordionsDestined For Greatness Author:Daniel Handler
“If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.” IfsFootballCollegeGolfClubsNflTruckGolf ClubsDrivewayCampers Author:Lou Holtz
“I met Keith Haring at SVA college where he was having an art show, later we had a group art show at the Mud Club in NYC. Keith owed me $50, so he gave me a large framed canvas with barking dogs that had large dicks. I painted over Keith's painting to paint flowers for my mom's living room.” ArtShowsRoomsGroupsDogCollegePaintingFlowerMomMetsPaintClubsMy MomCanvasMudLiving RoomFramedKeithNycBarking Dogs Author:Steve Kaufman
“The Jews celebrate Passover by eating unpalatable food to remind them what will happen to their people if they ever leave New York City. The traditional meal often includes gefilte fish. For those of you who don't know what gefilte fish is, it strongly resembles a ball of tuna fish that has been passed nasally. It's not good. During Passover, the angel of death passed over the Jews - an event that, up until the late 1950s, was re-enacted every year by Ivy League colleges and suburban country clubs.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsHas BeensCountryHappensCitiesEventsNew YorkCollegeLateEatingAngelBallsFishesJewClubsTraditionalCelebrateLeagueMealsNew York CityIvyTunaIvy LeagueCountry ClubsAngel Of DeathTuna Fish Author:Jon Stewart
“I was feeling that I was the in the dead-end circuit from 1980 to 1983, and I didn't know what else to do. I remember doing a show in some college town, in a tiny club, and afterward some fans came back. I thought I had done good gig and they were going to tell me that.” KnowsEndsDoneShowsFeelingsRememberFansCollegeTownsClubsTinyGigsCircuitsDead Ends Author:Iggy Pop
“I was trying to get out of the night clubs and was thinking maybe I'll go to the colleges now; that's where you can speak your mind.” ThinkingTryingMindNightSpeakCollegeClubsNight ClubSpeak Your Mind Author:George Carlin
“I was a gay kid in high school in the late '90s, and I was in theater club. I was never a thespian. I was much more of a lighting guy or a backstage guy. Because I wanted to do something easy for the rest of my life, I thought, "Maybe I'll go and apply to colleges that specialize in theater set design. I'll do that. That's what I want to do". With theater, really, I'd be around the gays.” WantKidsWantedSchoolGuyEasyDesignCollegeGayLateHigh SchoolTheaterClubsLightingThespians Author:James Pearse Connelly