Became Quote by Ronnie Milsap

I went to a fairly normal, middle-of-the-road public school in a suburb of New Orleans, but it gave me huge opportunities.

— Sal Khan

I was accepted to North Carolina School of the Arts with stitches in my mouth.

— Jonathan Majors

In South Carolina, there's a lot of arts programs. So I was blessed enough to go to the Governor School For Arts & Humanities.

— Danielle Brooks

I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education,

— Rory Bremner

I was a teacher. I also worked at Harlem Children's Zone. I moved back to Baltimore and opened up an after-school, out-of-school program on…

— DeRay Mckesson

When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the…

— Quincy Jones

I went to a public school in Oak Harbor, Ohio, and it's a very rural community. I was an artist kid, and I just…

— Crystal Bowersox

I was always able to learn better in small classrooms. So my parents sent me to this private school called Heathwood.

— A'ja Wilson

Although I had a private education at secondary level, I went to a local primary school where I mixed with kids of all backgrounds.

— Chuka Umunna

In Greenville, we were blessed to have lots of youth arts programs. I changed middle schools to go to an arts middle school. Then,…

— Danielle Brooks

I went to public and state schools - not at the same time. I did my art foundation course at Harrogate College of Arts.…

— Giles Deacon

My mother helped to integrate the local elementary school in the nineteen-sixties.

— Jesmyn Ward