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I've been working since I was 7.

I started working when I was seven and I was working for five dollars a night at the Met.

For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7.

I started working when I was 9 or 10.

I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.

I have worked ever since I was 13.

When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.

I opened my own restaurant when I was 17. I went broke, then traveled around the country, learning about different kinds of foods, had three other restaurants that went broke. It didn't all start just a few years ago!