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I was going out for absolutely everything that was in Backstage.

I was a backstage kid. I was in the wings looking out.

I spent 25 years clearly understanding that I'm not gonna meet Bono or the Edge. But then it happened at the Grammys when we were all backstage and I just about fell out of my shoes.

And I'd watch George C. Scott from backstage. He was one of my mentors.

The high point of my entire junior high school career was going backstage to meet George Harrison. I was simply awestruck.

I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life.

I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace.

My dad was a theater actor, so I would follow him backstage. And my mom was a casting director. The moment I heard the applause and realized it would get me out of school, I was hooked.

At 14, 15 years old, I started reading 'Backstage' regularly. Eventually, I got enough courage to look at the auditions section.

I've had a wonderful career and shared the stage with Vince Gill, who was my second love.