Because of his great interest in music - he played and sang in bands - he tended to neglect his studies when he was at high school. "I knew my English was really poor," he lamented, "and even though I wanted to study hard I didn't know how to go about it so I just gave up!"
賴世雄表示，由於迷上樂團，成天不是打就是唱，整個高中沒有認真讀過一天書，「我知道自己的實力很差，即使想努力也不知道從何著手，最後乾脆放棄！」