People Will Say "you Must Miss Playing

People Ask Me: ‘what Is Punk? How Do You Define Punk?' Here's How I Define Punk: It's A Free Space. It Could Be Called Jazz. It Could Be Called Hip-hop. It Could Be Called Blues, Or Rock, Or Beat. It Could Be Called Techno. It's Just A New Idea. For Me, It Was Punk Rock. That Was My Entrance To This Idea Of The New Ideas Being Able To Be Presented In An Environment That Wasn't Being Dictated By A Profit Motive.

To Me, Music Is No Joke And It's Not For Sale.

I Consider The Piano My 'main' Instrument And Have Been Playing For As Long As I Can Remember. It Seems To Me That I Might Have Come Up With Something Resembling A Song As Early As 4 Or 5 Years Old.

My Focus Is Always On The Day. What I've Done Behind Me, I Try To Have Respect For It, And Keep An Eye On It, And Make Sure It Isn't Abused, And Obviously Be Thoughtful About It, Because It's All Real To Me. I'm Basically In Every Band I Ever Was In, And The Songs, I Still Mean Them All.

Columbia Heights Was A Poor, Messed Up Area, And The Church Was In The Middle Of It. What Happened Inside Was A Reflection Of The Community. I Actually Saw My First Rock Concert On The Altar Of That Church [st. Stephen's].