“My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.” FirstsPersonsParentHappenedCollegeDadBandMy FamilyMy DadSingersHarvardFirst Person Author:Dean Norris
“I love dancing, but I'm not that good of a singer. I sang in punk rock bands in high school and college and stuff, but that mostly involved lots of screaming.” SchoolStuffRocksCollegeInvolvedBandHigh SchoolDancingSingersPunkPunk RockRock Bands Author:Brian Dietzen
“Some people, you know, should just go to college and do what they do and have a great job and not worry about trying to be famous as a singer. It's not for everyone.” PeopleKnowsShouldTryingJobsWorryCollegeSingersGreat Job Author:John Legend
“I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a good songwriter. It came to me slowly after college.” WritingWantedSongCollegeMusicianSingersSongwriters Author:Brett Dennen
“I studied piano and viola and voice in high school and music composition in college. For many years before I became an author I was a singer songwriter, writing for Disney and Sesame Street. I believe in perfect rhymes - no cheating!” WritingYearsBelieveSchoolI BelieveVoicePerfectStreetsCollegeHigh SchoolI Believe InSingersPianoCheatingCompositionSongwritersRhymeSinger SongwritersViolaSesame StreetNo Cheating Author:Sarah Weeks
“I remember being in college and taking a class on classical music and getting a big laugh when I said very sincerely that I was not really into trained voices. Some of the greatest singers can transcend their technical perfection and still sound great.” SaidStillsBigsRememberSoundVoiceClassLaughingCollegePerfectionSingersSincerelyClassical Music Author:Ira Kaplan
“The generation I grew up in was the beginning of "stand up for yourself," whether being a singer-songwriter or a feminist. In my college years, the feminist movement was really coming to fore, so we wouldn't have put up with guys treating us less than equal.” YearsGuyGenerationsMovementCollegeGrewEqualGrew UpFeministSingersSongwritersSinger SongwritersFeminist MovementStand Up For YourselfCollege Years Author:Bonnie Raitt
“[My mother] is the greatest hero I'll ever know because she kept us all together, she made sure we all graduated college. She always believed in us no matter what we do. My older brother Joel became an art teacher; my brother Rip ultimately became a television producer and singer and actor himself.” KnowsArtMadeMatterTogetherMotherActorsTeacherTelevisionCollegeBrotherHeroNo Matter WhatSingersProducersMy BrotherAlways BelieveRipOlder BrotherArt Teacher Author:Billy Crystal