“I did plays in high school and I really loved it, but I think singing was always what I loved most of all.” ThinkingPlaySchoolSingingHigh School Author:Cristin Milioti
“In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms.” SchoolJobsSingingGuitarAutumnClassroomSchool System Author:Don McLean
“I'd come home from school alone with those teenage blues and I'd put on Frank Sinatra's It was a very good year. Here was this mature man singing about the cycle of his life, and as a kid I felt the emotions of it already. It has since been a touchstone for me whenever I want to experiment musically.” MenWantInspirationalYearsHomeKidsSchoolFeltEmotionSingingVery GoodExperimentsCyclesMatureComing HomeFrankTeenageTouchstonesGood Years Author:Iggy Pop
“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
“When I was five I was touring, singing and dancing. Always gone, always out of school.” SchoolGoneFiveSingingDancingTouringSinging And Dancing Author:Michael Jackson
“The best function of the school in my head, as it turns out, is to remind me where not to dwell. I did my time in and around school, and learned things painstakingly and grudgingly that my children later learned while laughing and playing and singing.” ChildrenSchoolTurnsLaughingSingingFunctionMy ChildrenMy Time Author:Sandra Dodd
“Apollo has peeped through the shutter, And awaken'd the witty and fair; The boarding-school belle's in a flutter, The twopenny post's in despair; The breath of the morning is flinging A magic on blossom and spray, And cockneys and sparrows are singing In chorus on Valentine's day.” SchoolMorningMagicDespairSingingFairsBreathsWittyPostsValentineValentine's DayApolloChorusSpraySparrowsShuttersBelleCockneys Author:Winthrop Mackworth Praed
“I did dancing and singing when I was little, and then when I was 12 years old my friends were taking speech and drama at school. They were private lessons, and I started doing that. Over the years everyone else dropped out and I just kept going. I loved it.” YearsLittlesSchoolDramaLessonsSpeechSingingMy FriendsDancing Author:Bella Heathcote
“I had always sung in my dad's shop. I worked there after school, and I'd be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.” SchoolRecordsDadSingingMy DadShopsAfter School Author:Neil Diamond