My grandmother was a
piano teacher. As a baby she would hold me on her lap and sit at the
piano. Formal lessons most likely started when I was 4, but I was
already advanced. I played in my first piano recital when I was 5. I
played daily until I
was 9 years old. I moved and saw my grandmother once
a week. Children can lose interest. I didn't keep up. I moved back
closer to my grandmother when I was 16. I started piano again, but not
as strict, as I was a teenager with
ideas. When 16, right before 17, I left high school and started
college. I also took on some pretty hard music (Beethoven and Mozart). I
taught myself guitar when 18. I also graduated from college From there,
it was mostly guitar as I could take that with me.