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As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy.

Some of my finest memories are from my time at the University of Texas. College baseball, I love it.

I was packing to go to Columbia University, and they told me that weekend that I got the 'Pitch Perfect.'

I once took a ride to the beach in L.A., and all along the shore there were all these so-called jazz places. And I saw these college guys and session players playing this fusion Muzak stuff. It was just a lot of notes, and the more notes they played, the more it kept them from expressing anything. So I came back home and got out my Zeppelin albums.

It was incredible to have J Dilla in your dining room making beats - it was one of the greatest experiences I've had.

When I came into baseball, I had one goal for my career - the Hall of Fame.

It was really weird to have a hit. Of course, we had a certain level of fame in the Pixies, but nothing I had ever done had been mall-kid friendly.

My parents were music lovers and collectors. It was around.

I have been blessed to win a number of awards and be involved in numerous historical baseball moments over my 20-year career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres.

I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.