I dropped out of college for the last time in 1977.
We had some good times at school. I didn't know how good those times were until I left, but I guess that's the way of it
When I was 19 and dropped out of college for several months, I lived for some time with my grandmother.
I couldn't wait to leave school. So I did it as soon as I possibly could at 16. I had no clue what I wanted to do next other than being at school wasn't it and that I was desperate to make my own way as soon as I could.
I never enjoyed school and I was never that good at school so leaving wasn't the biggest thing, but the social aspect of school, leaving your friends, you lose contact with them a bit and now I have more friends at the race track than the friends I keep in touch with at school.
Grown-ups shouldn’t finish books they’re not enjoying. When you’re no longer a child, and you no longer live at home, you don’t have to finish everything on your plate. One reward of leaving school is that you don’t have to finish books you don’t like.
My parents went out of their way for me ever since I left school. When I was 15, I said to Mum, 'I'm leaving school,' and she was like, 'Okay.' I joined a cover band and played three nights a week, and they were really supportive of that.
I studied at university for a term and a day, and then I dropped out.
George,” said Fred, “I think we’ve outgrown full-time education.” “Yeah, I’ve been feeling that way myself,” said George lightly.
I left school just shy of 17: I'd started going into touring and that situation.
I dropped out of school.
I wish we could have one big A&M rally - a meeting. I had no hard feelings toward the situation just because, you know, leaving the school and everything, it just wasn't the best fit.
For me, I could not wait to get out of school, but at the same time, you miss the people.
It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
I saw school as a business and, once I had got what I needed out of it, I left.
My father left school at 14 and became a fitter. He didn't want to be at school.
It was not a difficult decision to leave school, it was really easy.
Due to financial reasons, I dropped out of school after eight years of formal schooling.
I left school, and I went to work in a computer company. I was in my late teens.
When I was about to enroll for my third year of college, I ended up dropping out and moving to Nashville.
I had dropped out of Memphis State University after two years because I felt the real world was too exciting.
I went to an all-girls' Christian convent school run by nuns. It was fun, but when I was 15, I said, 'Mum, that's it - I need to go where there are some boys.'
In June 2007, I finished up school for the year. I didn't know it at the time, but I was done with college forever. By the end of the summer, I had dropped out and would not return.
I hated school. After 15, you went off to college if you were good enough. It didn't appeal to me so I left school. I did what everybody did - get a job.
It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore.
