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Music was my oxygen. It's what saved me from being a really lonely and scared teenager.
I started when I was six years old. My first coach was my granny, she was the best player in Slovakia.
When I came out, when I was 17 years old, it was one of those things where I realized that there was going to be so many obstacles, but being gay doesn't mean being weak.
It feels like being in a band is a luxury now: like you can only do it if you're signed really early or you come from a wealthy family.
I started in theatre. I went to the Boston Conservatory and majored in musical theater.
I started radio in 1950 on the Lone Ranger radio program, a dramatic show that emanated from Detroit when I was 18 years old and just beginning college. I did that for a couple of years.
I can distinctly remember being the only boy in my class whose parents had separated.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
I start the day off with a pot of coffee, and I read all the newspapers online, then I delve around for new music.
