I don't put boundaries on myself when I sit at the piano.

Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.

Well, I would say that music just happens with me, I'm not in the driver's seat when I am at the piano, the piano is.

I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano appears on stage and then magically disappears when I leave.

My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in.

I don't put boundaries on myself when I sit at the piano.

But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party.