So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.

Music has become really important now. It's helped me to open up more and take a chance on loving people. Music is a good reason to care. It's just a vehicle though. It's a way to try and give somebody something that you feel. If trying the best I can isn't good enough, I'll just have to try harder next time...it's all I can do. If I do the best I can, then at least I did the best I could in this life The way I like to look at it is....if that's the last time /I ever got to play, I'd better give it everything I've got.

I'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.

I don't play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I'm breaking out of jail!

I was taught to think the next week or month or year will only get better than it is today. So I just keep waiting to see how great it will get!

I kept listening, kept going to see people, kept sitting in with people, kept listening to records. If I wanted to learn somebody's stuff, like with Clapton, when I wanted to learn how he was getting some of his sounds - which were real neat - I learned how to make the sounds with my mouth and then copied that with my guitar.

Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.