Art Quote by Maxine Peake

I was in several bands, and we just started off doing the clubs and dancehalls in the valleys - and eventually moved on to…

— Shakin' Stevens

I went and studied music in Leeds. It really woke me up socially, to stop being so naïve and narrow-minded.

— John Newman

I went to the Brit School for the performing arts in Croydon at 14, picking music as my main subject, and I'm so glad…

— Katy B

I was at Leeds Carnegie, the ninth tier. And I was coaching students. There would have been hundreds of managers with more experience. So…

— Graham Potter

There've been lots of positive changes in the city since I worked at Salford Tech in the seventies, and I'm pleased to be known…

— John Cooper Clarke

I grew up in England, went to a nice public school, then didn't want to go to university, so I thought I would wander…

— Marc Koska

My world was a community ballet school, a marching band, my two sisters and my girlfriends. I played saxophone in the band and was…

— Jennifer Garner

I cannot wait to come back to Glasgow. I know the place like the back of my hand. In fact, one of the jobs…

— Colin Morgan

I had sort of exhausted all the avenues playing in Detroit. So again, through the stewardship of my brother, I ended up in California…

— Chad Smith

I went to what can only be described as a slum school in Salford - rough and full of trainee punks - but I…

— John Cooper Clarke

I was going to be a jazz-fusion guitarist. I came to London at one point with my mate, and we were going to make…

— Julian Barratt

I had grown up in a toy shop in Blackpool and then moved to London to do an acting course.

— David Thewlis