Country music Quote by Dana Perino

I went to North Texas State, one of the great jazz schools. When I realized I wasn't going to be Miles Davis, I switched…

— Peter Weller

I was a huge Garth Brooks fan.

— Jon Pardi

I remember being an art student and going to the Whitney in 1974 to see the exhibition of Jim Nutt, the Chicago imagist. It…

— Jeff Koons

I was president of the schools in junior high and high school, got a scholarship to New York University, played a little basketball, and…

— Louis Gossett, Jr

I met musician Ken Farmer in Lorne and he lent me all of his Bessie Smith blues LPs. That's when I started to sing.

— Judith Durham

I went to high school right outside Dallas, and (songwriter and performer) Michael Martin Murphey was a senior there when I was a sophomore…

— Ray Wylie Hubbard

I graduate with honors. I balled Nead O'Connor. I did a free style then I got a shoutout from Obama.

— Nicki Minaj

So many people say they went to school on 'The Larry Sanders Show.'

— Jeffrey Tambor

Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern California; they had one of the best big band…

— Bobby McFerrin

I was a folk singer who became totally over the edge with country music. I found my voice and style working with Gram Parsons.…

— Emmylou Harris

I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship.

— Anthony Anderson

In college, I was able to be the vocalist for the jazz band at Arkansas State.

— Ashley McBryde