Ed Sheeran says he was told to forget being a musician and “get a real job”

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Ed Sheeran has revealed that he was told to “get a real job” when revealing his aspirations of being a professional musician at school.Speaking in a new interview, the singer-songwriter spoke of how he wants kids to be able to follow their dreams.He told the Sunday Mirror: “I think kids should be encouraged to be creative.

When I was a child, saying you wanted to be a musician, they’d go, ‘You need to get a real job.’“School is so stressful,” he added. “You’ve got all these exams – maths, English and science – all these things are very difficult.

But what I want to say to kids is if you do what you love, you will eventually get paid for it.”Sheeran added that he believes you can learn “way more from failure than you do from success.“I have.