Bright Chimezie has revealed that his father insisted he should attend university and even cried about his refusal, but he was determined to pursue his music career instead. The highlife legend disclosed that by the time his father was pressuring him about university education in the late 1970s, he was already deeply involved in music practice and had recorded his first cultural album.
Speaking on The Honest Bunch Podcast, Bright Chimezie explained that while his father was talking about university, he was already rehearsing with bands and developing his musical skills. He stated that although he sometimes wonders what life would have been like with a university education, he does not regret his decision to follow his passion for music.
Bright Chimezie said: “Then 1977, 1978, I think that was when I had my WAEC. 1978, 1979 was when I finished secondary school. My father insisted I should go to university. They cried that I should go to university. I refused. Let me do music. Where should I go to university? My father wanted me to go to university. But by then, this music thing was already in my head, in my spirit. So do you regret it now that you didn’t listen to him back then? I wouldn’t say I regret it, but at times when I see people like you Daddy Freeze, they speak, they blow grammar. But you’re blowing grammar…..See More
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