When I was four years old, my mother owned some tenements in the Bronx.
My background was in performing originally.
To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.
Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already.
I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.
Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing.