Skylar Grey
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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we couldn't figure that out.
So I ended up dropping out, um, when I was 16.
Um, because I was so focused on music.
I felt like I was wasting my time in school.
Um, yeah, there was this teacher that my algebra teacher, um,
She said something to me that kind of lit a fire under my ass in a good way.
She told me music isn't a career.
And I was like, I'll show you, bitch.
And so I dropped out and I never went back after she said that.
Yeah, because I had I had missed or I hadn't done my homework because I had a show the night before this.
And then we had a test and I aced the test.
I had like a three point nine.
And but she was like, but you got to do your homework just like everybody else in this class.
And I was like, I had a show.
I couldn't I didn't have time.
And she was like, well, music's not a career.