Quinn was born in Texas and joined the US Air Force and the US Marines before he decided to follow a career in the entertainment industry. He wrote the poetry collection My Poetry Books by a Frightened Man and published the novel The Master Painter and finally became the lead vocalist and head member of the alternative rock / R&B / pop / comedy music group Brando Quinn and the Raven Pheats, a band which toured around the world and published four albums between 2006 and 2008. Currently he is working on the upcoming CD Brando Quinn – Confessions, with a release scheduled for 2009.