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.

Even by the time I was four or five, I had Gene Autry records.

I saw Suicide in '74 and it was pretty horrifying.

I started off with the really funky stuff like Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell.

I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.