Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just start singing whatever came to mind. I actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost…

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I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the...

I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the...

My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I...

My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I...

Then when I was in grammar school I played the clarinet, and then, after clarinet...

Then when I was in grammar school I played the clarinet, and then, after clarinet...

Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special...

Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special...

My biggest musical influences are probably my parents.

My biggest musical influences are probably my parents.

I prepared five songs, I sang them, and he hired me. I started working about...

I prepared five songs, I sang them, and he hired me. I started working about...

I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children's stories.

I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children's stories.

It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some...

It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some...

I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a...

I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a...

I played piano as a kid; I still play a little bit.

I played piano as a kid; I still play a little bit.

I did the one concert, and I was not bitten by the conducting bug, and...

I did the one concert, and I was not bitten by the conducting bug, and...

I like to use the audience as my color palette, my instrument.

I like to use the audience as my color palette, my instrument.

But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.

But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.

I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably...

I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably...

I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I...

I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I...

When I'm on stage by myself, I don't have to think about anything. I don't...

When I'm on stage by myself, I don't have to think about anything. I don't...

I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once...

I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once...

The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts.

The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts.

Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But...

Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But...

Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern...

Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern...