Chris Benz Quotes

I used to sit in bed at night and flip through design-school catalogs. I found out that Parsons accepted a small number of high school juniors, so I applied my sophomore year and got in.

Chris Benz

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I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm.

Idris Elba
- School
- Bad
- Never
I worked as a head cook at courthouses and high schools. I left it behind when I started getting into my music real heavy.

Flavor Flav
- Music
- Real
- High
I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never liked me, and I was always the new kid.

Magda Apanowicz
- People
- Up
- Time
My family always encouraged my drawing ability. Kids in school who teased me about my reading would get out of their seats and stand behind my desk as I worked and go, 'Wow, you can really draw.' Later, I earned a degree in Fine Art and got a Ph.D. in Art History.

Patricia Polacco
- Family
- School
- Art
The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.

Ed Sheeran
- People
- Music
- Night
I think that it's hard enough being an adolescent and wanting so much to fit in with your peers, your schoolmates, and to erase any sign of difference, to be part of the group. And being biracial but also being black in a predominately white school marked me as different.

Natasha Trethewey
- Different
- School
- Think