I started off with the really funky stuff like Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell.
I never really followed grunge.
From '69 til '76, I never played in public. I would play by myself at home.
My playing started to develop through the Miles Davis stuff I was listening to.
I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.
The Stones were nasty and ugly and doing songs I was familiar with.