Artist Quote by Kina Grannis

I literally left school and went straight into music via art college for a year, and I've been so involved in my job of…

— P. J. Harvey

For those two years in college I was constantly singing and writing and playing in coffee houses and stuff.

— Dan Fogelberg

I was a theater major, and I remember being in college, and whenever my professor would assign me songs that I hated, I really…

— Michelle Visage

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

Eventually, out of sheer will of never wanting to get a job or go to college, I found my way into doing music full-time.

— Nate Ruess

I started writing songs in high school. And eventually, I got some songs recorded by some major artists, mostly because I was out there…

— Gordon Lightfoot

Me becoming a person, instead of somebody who just hides and is afraid, has happened in tandem with me learning to write music and…

— John Grant

I was almost on the verge of studying medicine. But then, I realised I would have to give up singing. That is when it…

— Andrea Jeremiah

When I write songs, I'm just writing stories, and being in musical theatre taught me how to act them out through singing.

— Anne-Marie

I have always had to write songs. As a lifestyle and as a business model, it's pretty difficult. Largely at this point I'm so…

— Doug Walters

I tried to find a way out in many ways, but it all caught up with me. Once I realised I could sing and…

— Martha Wainwright