Cafeteria Quote by Richard Brautigan

I picked up a harmonica and taught myself.

— Sam Barry

I'm a band leader and substitute teacher, and then one day they bring me into a music class, and I'm like, 'Wait a minute,…

— Craig Robinson

Sometimes I would bring some of my music to the school and perform on the playground, and they'd think, "There goes Patrick, trying to…

— Tinie Tempah

(As a boy) I was listening to Sonny Boy Williamson's (I) records and I would close my eyes and I could visualize myself playing…

— Junior Wells

I went to high school in the 1970s and was a real daydreamer and not the best student.

— John Benjamin Hickey

I went to an ordinary primary school, and then I started performing in a show called 'Billy Elliot' on the West End, and that…

— Tom Holland

I was really not into school. Everything was distracting to me. I would have a beat in my head or a song. I was…

— Kaytranada

Aww man, growing up listening to the sort of music that I listen to, there were a lot of times in class - mostly…

— Rhea Ripley

By high school, I was putting the music for the services together and teaching Sunday school to everybody's kids.

— Lizz Wright

At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers…

— James Dyson

I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think…

— Margaret Cho

Every teacher that I've ever had, that I still remember their name, made me laugh. I feel like comedy is the best instrument to…

— Tiffany Haddish