Art Quote by Peter Marino

I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying…

— Jon Secada

I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and…

— Lady Gaga

The music departments in the public school system gave me a really extraordinary foundation and music appreciation that I still draw from, even today.

— Philip Bailey

My musical education started in the limelight, because I found myself surrounded by real musicians, but after my career had taken off.

— John Lurie

And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.

— Jon Secada

I'm a great candidate for why arts funding shouldn't be cut, because I had no experience other than what was at school, I'm from…

— Ben Daniels

Lucky enough, through the public school system, I had been able to have some music education, and that gave me something to focus on,…

— Flea

Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from…

— Eddie Van Halen

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

Education, for me, has helped me in my music.

— Bob Livingston

Growing up in music motivated me. I applied that to my education and it made me a better person.

— Raekwon

I did go to a performing arts school, so that facilitated my creativity, though I ended up going in a more musical direction.

— Anonymous