Bio Part 1 (Live)

Well, it all began June 5th, 1969

That was the day that I was born

Now, I was born into a very, very musical family

So much so, that I thought that since everybody around me could sing and play

That everybody in the whole world could sing and play

And it wasn't 'til I got into kindergarten that I realized that I was very wrong

Right around the time we were doing "My country 'tis of thee, sweet..."

I realized that was not the case

Now, uh, as you'll see, my mother is an ongoing theme in the show tonight

One of the questions people ask me the most is: How long have you been playing the piano?

And really, I don't know

We always had a piano in the house

I am what you would consider to be self-taught

Now, what does that mean, "self-taught"?

That means I taught myself to play the piano

Now, how'd you do that, Brian? I will tell you how I did that

You see, my mother is a classically trained pianist

And when I told her I was interested in learrning to play the piano

She's like, "Oh great, see, now I can teach you the way that I was taught"

So I put my hands on the keys the first time and I did it the wrong way

She pulls out a ruler and, bop, smacks me on the back of my hand

So I said to myself, "Okay, I"ma play football"

That's the end of that whole thing

So what I did was, I took the long route and taught myself to play

Now, one of the very first songs, actually the very first song I taught myself to play was this one

And see if you remember this...