I thought I was gonna go to college but, instead, I got a…

It was a lot easier to write songs before I had a record deal, because the record labels and the industry doesn't mean to…

— Ashton Shepherd

I advise wannabe singers to form a band, practise in your garage if you have to, but do as many charity or open mic…

— Bonnie Tyler

You expect certain things. You build up in your mind how it's supposed to go down. When you get a record deal, you think…

— Lupe Fiasco

If you don't have a record deal, you've got to be a record company.

— Mary Gauthier

I always said, if I got a record deal, I'd want to record the best songs I could, whether I wrote them or not.

— Cole Swindell

When you get a record deal, you got to be pretty headstrong, know your direction.

— Martie Maguire

Before I had a record deal, I was living in New York and playing anywhere I could, from somebody's house to an open mic…

— Langhorne Slim

A record deal is my dream.

— Dinah Jane

I've always put great emphasis on the academics and getting your degree. It's important because basketball is short term. The long term is what…

— Pat Summitt

I can never remember a time when I didn't want to be an actress, to be honest. And so, all through high school, I…

— Mikaela Hoover

As I stood and gave the eulogy for young Michael Brown last week, I kept thinking about the fact that this child should have…

— Al Sharpton

I was very good in school, and my parents really would have really liked me to go to college. Instead, I went on this…

— Daniel Bryan

Instead of silencing speakers on campus, perhaps do what you're supposed to in college instead: listen to someone who thinks differently than you do.

— Dave Rubin

Sleeping in my office isn't very comfortable, but it's my choice to save for my daughter's college instead of spending money on a D.C.…

— Dan Donovan

School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I…

— Amber Heard