Academic Quote by Harrison Birtwistle

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

Some people go to college. For me I studied music my whole life. That was my college.

— Robin Thicke

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

— Fela Kuti

I mean, I wasn't the best student in school. It would be different if I were to pursue music while I was already in…

— Brent Faiyaz

Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself.

— Kenny G

I don't know whether schooling would have helped me get farther along in music at this time. I doubt it would have.

— Randy Travis

I went to school and studied music for a year at USC, which unlocked a bunch of doors for me in terms of my…

— Flea

I wasn't a very academic kid, and music was the way for all that feeling and angst and sex and love and anger to…

— Dave Davies

Though music was not in my blood, I always considered myself belonging to music, and that remained with me throughout my studies. The studies…

— Adnan Sami

And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books.

— James Weldon Johnson

I was crazy for music as a high school kid and a college kid.

— Alexandra Patsavas

I didn't grow up with any kind of music lessons, which is what I wanted. You've got to pay for these things. And the…

— Naughty Boy