Music Ed Quotes

I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.

— David Cook

And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.

— Jon Secada

I'm a huge fan of music in schools and music education because that's how I grew up.

— Kris Allen

In the mid-2000s, I kind of accidentally became a music editor.

— Steven Price

Music education is very important. I think that for me growing up, I was disciplined very hard at home.

— Sean Mackin

I have a greater goal - to empower young people through music education.

— Ruben Studdard

My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.

— Renee Fleming

I consider my music edgy, urban and with an earthy element.

— Jeet Gannguli

In school, I guess I was a difficult, know-it-all type of student... I was always complaining that music education was too academic.

— Bjork

I want to venture out into music education for kids. As a child, I was discouraged by a lack of money, and…

— Khalid

When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch…

— Yoko Ono

More than 50 percent of kids who play an instrument go on to college, yet music education programs at the inner city…

— Clarence Clemons

A big part of my life is music education because it changed my life - but arts, academics and athletics should all…

— Flea

Wentz just gives me lyrics and phrases and sentences and ideas that are just kind of disembodies from any song, ...I'm his…

— Patrick Stump

The thing with music education is that it is good at teaching technique, but not texture. You only learn about that from…

— Jacob Collier

My music education was oral. I was resistant to scores and things like that. In Jewish religious music, there are no scores.…

— Charlemagne Palestine

Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take…

— Eddie Van Halen

The world is in great need of more music education. When students play music, it allows a part of their artistic mind…

— Paul Reed Smith

Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them - a world of work, culture, intellectual…

— Gerald R. Ford

You know, and the fact that Nina Simone had to start playing in clubs and sing because her parents had moved north…

— Liz Garbus

Music education can help spark a child's imagination or ignite a lifetime of passion. When you provide a child with new worlds…

— Hillary Clinton

Music education was always big for me. Ever since I was a young kid, I always said it was the reason I…

— Darius Rucker

Sometimes when I'm in the editing room and there's a new person there, like a music editor or a post person that…

— Pamela Adlon

When I was 4 years old my mother put me into an early music education school. That's where they taught you perfect…

— Yoko Ono

“But, on the other hand, the study of music is one of the best ways to learn about human nature. This is…

— Edward W. Said

One of the most beautiful things we can give our child is music education.

— Gloria Estefan

I would like to be a terrorist for music education - to make a complete reform, all over the world.

— Daniel Barenboim

I would never have been able to find my voice if I didn't have music education.

— Khalid

A lot of the music editing job is communication and working out what a director really wants the music to be.

— Steven Price

I'd rather see us sponsor culture by pushing more money to music education, and facilities for your people to create music. It…

— Peter Sunde

I've benefited enormously from an arts education and a music education in New York. When they cut the programs for funding, I…

— Peter Marino

“Rule #1: No cut or compromise should be suggested by ANY member of the community. This includes the music coalition, music educators,…

— John Benham

Lucky enough, through the public school system, I had been able to have some music education, and that gave me something to…

— Flea

I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is…

— Jon Secada

When I left South Africa in 1960 I was 20 years old. I wanted to try to get an education, and music…

— Hugh Masekela

I wasn't writing the music. Ed would write a piece of music. I'd listen to it and come up with a melody…

— Sammy Hagar

I've demanded respect for myself and my band and my peers, I've demanded full artistic control for my music, I advocate for…

— Steve Miller

I don't know where the money would come from, I don't have that answer, but I've been wanting to do something for…

— Sean Mackin

My music was more inspired by my hair color! After 5 years of blonde, I went back to my original color. It…

— Ashley Tisdale

“The key to becoming a proactive influence for music education is the development of a "dream list." It is more often referred…

— John Benham