Jazz Quote by Tim Minchin

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

In high school I was in a band called Goodfight, but it was more me running around on stage. It was very punk inspired.…

— Angel Olsen

I was always drawn to performing. I took improv and acting classes during the summers and was involved in middle and high school plays.…

— Carrie Brownstein

I've been writing music since I was 9. I took harmony and counterpoint classes when I was studying the clarinet. So, I've been writing…

— Howard Shore

I grew up writing songs and producing music, and I studied music production in college.

— Maggie Rogers

I was going to go to college and graduate and move to New York and do the Broadway thing. That's where a lot of…

— Sam Tsui

I went to college and studied writing, and I got involved in theater. It's always been my passion.

— Raymond Cruz

I was a math and science kid in school, but I ended up going the route of writing and music in college.

— Stephen J. Dubner

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

— Anonymous

College didn't stick, so I worked odd jobs, but I've always written songs and played music. I actually met a guy who was a…

— Chris Stapleton

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

After graduating college in 2010, I got to work - writing and co-writing all the time, playing and touring in bands, playing for other…

— Natalie Prass