All my siblings being all different ages meant I got exposed to music that was 20-30 years older than me. And that was a big influence.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think I was just lucky to be brought up in a very musical family. My two older brothers were, and still are, very musical and very creative, and music was a big part of my life from a very young age, so it is quite natural for me to become involved in music in the way that I did.
I had a sister who was killed in a motorcycle wreck when I was around 4 years old. My parents adopted her son, and so my nephew became my brother. He was three years older than me, so through him, I was exposed to hip-hop.
I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.
I came up not understanding that a lot of people didn't start to hear music until they went to college or were turned on by an older brother or sister.
Prior to that, I had associated this music with older people, like my father.
The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.
Music was very influential on me as a kid.
From a young age, I wanted to differentiate myself from my older siblings.
My siblings were a bit younger than me, and I was always entertaining them and making up stories.
When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most important ones were my friends who were also writing songs and were typically four or five years older than me.