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It just so happens that I was born and raised in Washington. Had I been born in Chicago or San Antonio, the streets and places would have figured into whatever I wrote. Just so happens that it's Washington, D.C.

D.C. is one my largest audiences. They buy tons of records of mine in Washington, D.C.

I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music scene there.

I had sort of exhausted all the avenues playing in Detroit. So again, through the stewardship of my brother, I ended up in California and went to the Musicians Institute in L.A. I wanted to get better as a player.

I grew up in D.C.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.

I came from a huge extended family of musicians.

There's a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary.