I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me.

My aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it.

The kids called me King of the Surf Guitar. I surfed sunup to sundown.

People just loved the sound because I kept it simple.

My son now is 22 months old, he's been playing since he was 12 months old and he gets standing ovations on the drums. He's been with us since he was 10 weeks old, he's been on the drums. He's got blisters on his fingers before he can even talk.

I became stereotyped.

I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards.