I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school.
I'm not into bands for the sake of being into bands. I've grown past that. There was a time in my life when I was that guy.
I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and that's how I make a living - and from acting - but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music.
I wasn't planning on being a guitar player; I was going to be a singer. And I was for a little bit in the Sex Pistols - that is, until we got John Lydon. And then I realized I wasn't really suited as a front guy.
Throughout my whole life, as a performer, I've never played with a band. I've always played alone, so I was never required to stay in rhythm or anything. So it was a real different experience for me to start playing with a band. There were so many basic things for me to learn.
I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6.
Even when I was coming through school, I was a loner and I used to study music and play it and play it, and I was in bands.
I don't really know any other musicians like me. I grew up backstage with my dad who played in a post-war dance band, so I always feel at home at a venue.
Over the years, I've had to learn to play. For example, when 'Lennon' was on Broadway, I learned my way around the guitar chords because originally we were all going to play the instruments without a band.
When I was a kid I never learned to play. I actually got in bands through watching people play and copying them.