Grind Quote by Ari Lennox

I wouldn't have wasted a lot of time pursuing music. I was very lucky that my first demos got accepted.

— Amy Macdonald

From elementary school on up through junior high school, I loved to perform. But I put it all away during high school and college.…

— Lisa Kudrow

I couldn't do what I do without the encouragement and influence of the musicians I played with in Chicago.

— Kurt Elling

I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I couldn't keep…

— Burt Bacharach

To the outside world, I was pretty bad at everything my whole life. People didn't credit me for my musicianship.

— Bibi Bourelly

I never wanted to impress anyone nor had to complete my education just so that my parents could allow me to pursue music.

— Guru Randhawa

My family were all musicians. I really wasn't interested in school or anything.

— Tommy Bolin

I wonder sometimes whether that's why I threw myself so much into music, because it was a place where I felt confident and good…

— Griff

I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasn't…

— Merry Clayton

My family didn't push me into the music industry; they just wanted me to do something I loved.

— Sigrid

In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working…

— Imelda May

So many people have gone to music production schools for years and years, and they've wanted this their whole entire life, and part of…

— Lapsley