“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 always wanted to be a comedian. I loved comedy since I was a little kid, and while I was at university I started doing stand up shows. Once I realized that I was good at it I quit college and left although I had six months left. I went to England. I could have done the last six months but I realized that I was better at standup comedy than I was at singing opera.” LittlesDoneShowsKidsWantedLastsLeftComedyCollegeMonthsSixSingingEnglandUniversityI RealizedQuittingComedianOperaSix MonthsLittle KidI Quit Author:Jim Jefferies
“I want to go to college, and I want to keep acting and singing.” WantActingCollegeSinging Author:Miranda Cosgrove
“For those two years in college I was constantly singing and writing and playing in coffee houses and stuff.” WritingYearsTwoHouseStuffCollegeSingingCoffeeTwo YearsCoffee Houses Author:Dan Fogelberg
“When I was at college - that was the first time I tried singing. I played in a band, and people seemed to like it.” PeopleFirstsCollegeBandSingingFirst Time Author:Bryan Ferry
“I did once shatter a chandelier. I was singing with my college choir in Wales. I was the soloist and I hit the high note and there was this massive bang and all this glass came down from the ceiling. I'd like that to be my party trick if I can perfect it.” IfsI CanPerfectPartyCollegeSingingNotesGlassesTricksMassiveBangsCeilingsChoirWalesHigh NotesChandeliers Author:Katherine Jenkins
“I was about 17 or 18 when I first started performing in public. I had a teacher when I was a freshman in college and she came up to me afterwards and said she had been crying while I had been singing, and it really shocked me.” FirstsSaidTeacherCryCollegeSingingPerformingShockedFreshman Author:Antony Hegarty
“When I was a junior in college I moved to New York and went to this performance school the Experimental Theatre Wing. We had singing class and again, some of the other students would cry when I was singing, and I really didn't know why. I started to realize that there was something in the tone of my voice that was evocative for them.” KnowsSchoolVoiceRealizingClassCryNew YorkStudentsCollegeSingingPerformancesMovedWingsTheatreToneJuniors Author:Antony Hegarty
“In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing.” PracticeCollegeSingingPianoRestaurantsWeekendSoloGigsCoordinatesBest PracticesPiano Playing Author:Norah Jones
“I didn't even know the industry of songwriting existed. I thought everybody sang songs and they were only singing the songs that they wrote. So after I found out about songwriting in college, I was like, "Okay, I want to do that."” KnowsWantSongFoundCollegeIndustrySingingOkaySongwriting Author:PJ Harvey