[00:00.55]Well, it all began June 5th, 1969
[00:06.20]That was the day that I was born
[00:08.19]Now, I was born into a very, very musical family
[00:10.98]So much so, that I thought that since everybody around me could sing and play
[00:15.34]That everybody in the whole world could sing and play
[00:19.99]And it wasn't 'til I got into kindergarten that I realized that I was very wrong
[00:23.81]Right around the time we were doing "My country 'tis of thee, sweet..."
[00:28.11]I realized that was not the case
[00:34.30]Now, uh, as you'll see, my mother is an ongoing theme in the show tonight
[00:40.65]One of the questions people ask me the most is: How long have you been playing the piano?
[00:44.96]And really, I don't know
[00:45.64]We always had a piano in the house
[00:46.87]I am what you would consider to be self-taught
[00:49.39]Now, what does that mean, "self-taught"?
[00:51.54]That means I taught myself to play the piano
[00:55.36]Now, how'd you do that, Brian? I will tell you how I did that
[00:58.38]You see, my mother is a classically trained pianist
[01:01.77]And when I told her I was interested in learrning to play the piano
[01:05.39]She's like, "Oh great, see, now I can teach you the way that I was taught"
[01:08.73]So I put my hands on the keys the first time and I did it the wrong way
[01:11.83]She pulls out a ruler and, bop, smacks me on the back of my hand
[01:15.38]So I said to myself, "Okay, I"ma play football"
[01:19.38]That's the end of that whole thing
[01:21.12]So what I did was, I took the long route and taught myself to play
[01:24.68]Now, one of the very first songs, actually the very first song I taught myself to play was this one
[01:29.67]And see if you remember this...