Career Quote by Yasmin Aga Khan

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

— Raekwon

By the time I finished school, I found out I wasn't qualified to study anything but music.

— Fela Kuti

Mom did not want me to have anything to do with playing music. Being from a middle-class Black family in that particular era, everybody…

— Don Alias

Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.

— Paul Weller

Yeah, I didn't ever think about music as a career. Like, it was never - it's just something like an extracurricular activity that my…

— Vidya Vox

I went into college undeclared. I had no idea what I wanted to do, but I knew that music was obviously this central big…

— Kina Grannis

My parents always wanted me to do music because they thought it was such a great extracurricular activity but we never thought it was…

— Kevin Olusola

It was clear from the beginning that I was going to be a musician.

— Andrew Gold

I was almost on the verge of studying medicine. But then, I realised I would have to give up singing. That is when it…

— Andrea Jeremiah

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

— Jon Secada

Instead of going to college, I spent my time out on the road learning how to be a better musician.

— Miranda Lambert

I'd promised my parents that I'd go to college, take the time to grow up a bit, and experience something different before really pursuing…

— Rotimi