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It wasn't until I was about 17 or 18 years old that I got into music.

I didn't start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn't play much music in school.

I started playing music when I was really young.

I started writing songs at 17.

So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did - played records.

Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs.

I started playing music when I was around 10. I always wanted to be in a band, so I started out by playing drums.

I've been playing music all my life, from being a choir soloist at Symphony Hall as a youngster to playing in bands through high school and college at Kent State. Went in the service at 17, out before I was 21.