I played in school jazz bands and tried to start rock bands, but nobody was interested.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I could make some money playing music.
In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.
I was a kid living in New Jersey, who - I'd wanted to make movies since I was a little kid, so that came before music for me. But I started playing drums just as a hobby, and I wasn't even really into jazz that much.
And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school.
I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school.
I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people.
Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.
I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz.
I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.
I started bands at a pretty young age and played with my friends back in Detroit. I've always known that I wanted to do this. It was all I was ever interested in doing. I never had, outside of music, any extracurricular activities that I took part in.