Having that music around us all the time, it was so inspiring. But at the same time, I was a kid. I didn't pay attention to any of it. I'd get on the drums and hit them a few times, and then go outside and play.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Earlier in my life, I performed a lot of music. Some of it because I felt it was a demonstration, or a representation of certain intellectual concepts that were very exciting and important.
Music was very influential on me as a kid.
Music was a central part of my childhood because my mother played organ and piano in the church, and that meant all us kids had to be in the church choir.
Music has always been a dominant force in my life. As a young kid, it was a way for me to escape everyday life.
I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults.
The music is something outside myself that's also inside myself... Music and a sense of another presence always went hand in hand. Even when I was three, I would improvise music, and my maternal grandfather would act as an audience and used to applaud. I would imitate things like thunder and rain.
Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.
Music was always a big part of my family. Only a few of us had the talent - or the courage - to walk out on a stage.
I was crazy for music as a high school kid and a college kid.
From an early age, I was infatuated with music. I always loved it and was always dancing or playing something.