I Was a Little Kid and I Wanted to Be a Professional Musician

When you tried out for the school choir, you turned down. The music teacher singled you out in front of your friends and stated that your voice was too unusual to fit into his chorus. You describe how that decision really gave you a compass of sorts,. which is the one that comes to children who sacrifice their dreams for a family. And all around you, your childhood was slipping away. But you write to your northYou had a dream in only one direction you could call your own. And was that when you knew you wanted to be a professional musician.