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Well, it all began June 5th, 1969 |
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That was the day that I was born |
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Now, I was born into a very, very musical family |
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So much so, that I thought that since everybody around me could sing and play |
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That everybody in the whole world could sing and play |
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And it wasn't 'til I got into kindergarten that I realized that I was very wrong |
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Right around the time we were doing "My country 'tis of thee, sweet..." |
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I realized that was not the case |
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Now, uh, as you'll see, my mother is an ongoing theme in the show tonight |
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One of the questions people ask me the most is: How long have you been playing the piano? |
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And really, I don't know |
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We always had a piano in the house |
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I am what you would consider to be self-taught |
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Now, what does that mean, "self-taught"? |
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That means I taught myself to play the piano |
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Now, how'd you do that, Brian? I will tell you how I did that |
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You see, my mother is a classically trained pianist |
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And when I told her I was interested in learrning to play the piano |
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She's like, "Oh great, see, now I can teach you the way that I was taught" |
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So I put my hands on the keys the first time and I did it the wrong way |
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She pulls out a ruler and, bop, smacks me on the back of my hand |
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So I said to myself, "Okay, I"ma play football" |
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That's the end of that whole thing |
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So what I did was, I took the long route and taught myself to play |
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Now, one of the very first songs, actually the very first song I taught myself to play was this one |
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And see if you remember this... |