 I started when I was four or five playing piano, and then I started playing violin when I was eight, and then guitar when I was nine, and sax when I was nine, too. And then I started playing clarinet when I was 13. His parents did their best to encourage his talents. He remembers a pivotal moment when they brought home two CDs. They brought a Mozart CD, which I was not ready for, and then they got a Louis Armstrong CD. What a wonderful world.