Conservatory Quote by Emeril Lagasse

I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.

— Lance Reddick

I was trying to become a legitimate trumpet player, and I had a scholarship to Eastman School of Music. I was really on my…

— Frankie Avalon

I was offered a musical-theater scholarship at Kent State. But I turned it down. I was too into rock 'n' roll to consider another…

— Jani Lane

I went to the Conservatory, studying piano and singing, up to high school - but I only did four years because I then had…

— Elena Roger

By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to really pursue…

— Damien Chazelle

I didn't go to university. I didn't go to culinary school, barely made it through high school.

— Tom Douglas

I actually started as a concert pianist. I had a scholarship to the Julliard School of Music.

— Neil Sedaka

When I was young, I was being pushed, against my will, towards becoming a classical musician. I had music scholarships; I had to play…

— Johnny Flynn

When I left university, I didn't want to jump into anything right away. Music certainly wasn't a burning ambition.

— Chris de Burgh

By the time I finished school, I found out I wasn't qualified to study anything but music.

— Fela Kuti

I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and…

— Quincy Jones

I had gone to Oxford to read music. I had done music all my life, but when I got to college I didn't want…

— Sophie Kinsella