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I was in about in the 8th grade when I started recording R&B, so much of what was on was the Motown sound, and The Beatles had pretty much come over and taken America by storm.

I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing.

In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.

I wanted to be in a band that shared ideas and were in it together.

I was always fascinated with rock 'n' roll, or girls, or something like that when I was a kid.

When we were 15, my brother and I were getting really into Nirvana, Green Day, and The Beastie Boys. We started going to shows and realized we really wanted to be on stage.

I grew up listening to a lot of different types of music, and R&B in particular was something that I loved - Aaliyah, Usher, Alicia Keys, TLC.

I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school.

I always imagine later on these songs I could've played with a band, but it never worked out that way.

I was 17 years old and in my first band, and we played at the university. I was kind of a gawky, unpopular teenager and there was about 400 people smiling and dancing to what we were doing.