Afford Quote by Benjamin Booker

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

— Flea

With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit,…

— Phoebe Snow

I was broke until I was 40. Really broke. I could get by, but I had nothing. No health insurance, so if something happened…

— Lewis Black

When I started, I had nothing. Because my family was really, really, really poor.

— Giorgio Armani

Eventually I went back to high school. I went to a coaching center in my neighborhood. I had to leave the homeless situation because…

— Luis J. Rodriguez

There was a time when I was young and unemployed, struggling to start my career. During my A-Levels, I was hit by a car,…

— Jameela Jamil

I didn't want to put myself in a position where I was living so expensively that if something happened next year or two years…

— Kandi Burruss

I was miserable at uni. There were months at a time when I wouldn't leave the house unless it was to buy food. I…

— Jenny Ryan

I wanted to be involved in music and I felt I needed to get in quick. I didn't want to spend four years in…

— Guy Oseary

I had to run away from home in order to be a musician. Because I came from a family of... my father was a…

— Hugh Masekela

Before I was making music, I was homeless. I didn't have all the girls or any friends - and now I have everything that…

— PnB Rock

It took me until my teenage years to realize that I was medicating with music. I was pushing back against my stupid school uniform,…

— Henry Rollins