I feel very fortunate to have my ears. I'd share them with everybody but I only have two to go around.

I don't recall getting a first guitar.

I feel very fortunate to have my ears. I'd share them with everybody but I only have two to go around.

In the absence of evidence to the contrary, always assume you have the upper hand.

My first experience with music was my father, he was a stereo buff and he built his own little Hi-Fi center with recorders and everything and I listened to a lot of jazz, which gave me a sensibility for melody.

My philosophy is, honestly never collected anything that I don't play. I know a lot of people that collect guitars, but for me, I want instruments that I play. And if I don't play them, I don't' want to have them sitting in a closet collecting dust.

I shared guitars before I actually got one of my own and played a guy's Silver tone and played another guys Danelectro 12 string and it was at about age 17 that I actually started playing.