I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it's followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a profound effect on my life.
I get up now at 5:30 in the morning. I practice the guitar for a couple of hours - I do that before I even start my day.
By the time I got to the Paris Conservatoire I was very good at the scales and arpeggios.
I taught myself until I was about 16. And then I studied classical guitar with some teachers.
I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.
These are the Rad instruments that are dying out in India. So, it's going well and I think now we are increasing the number of kids we have taught and of course we are helping out with other things too. It's based in India now. [The idea is to] perfect it in one place and then we'll expand.
I think having musical training as a child was really, really important. I studied piano as a child. Piano is a great instrument to understand musical theory on. I think I have that in my brain somewhere.
My father was a very big musical influence on me. He was a trumpet player. And that's what I started with. Then, when I was 7, my parents introduced me to the piano.
Then I took 8 years of French Horn, first jazz, and then classical.
While my mother wanted me to be a musician, I wanted to become an electronic engineer.
I started playing violin when I was six, so I thought I could be a professional. It wasn't until I was 15 when I got into acting classes and realized this was what I wanted to do.
I started playing the violin at age 3, and I was very fortunate because there were people who heard me who were influential in getting me auditions. By the time I was 7, I was playing concerts - it was just ridiculous.
My goal was to play drums, but my father made me take piano lessons. He told me I needed to learn to read music first, so I took lessons for six years. I thank God that he made me take those lessons, because it taught me a tremendous amount.
I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a painter but my mom had me taking piano lessons for about 10-12 years as a young kid.
I used to play cello. My mother kept me out of school a whole year to study music and counterpoint. She thought I had ability, but I was absolutely without talent.
