"I was two years old and have no conscious memory of life before that. I can remember walking around our little apartment in East Orange, New Jersey, singing those songs. The first album I bought I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian conservative family. Remember Footloose? It was exactly like that. No dancing, no movies, no records. My aunt bought me Stevie Wonder's Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants and I fell in love with Send One Your Love."
"I learned Gates of Eden by Bob Dylan when I was really young. I was mesmerised by this voice of an Old Testament prophet who had reincarnated itself into modern times. The song I do at karaoke I've never been drawn to karaoke. I was talked into it in Japan, after copious amounts of whatever the hell was being drunk, and doing Tiptoe Through the Tulips by Tiny Tim."
Early exposure to Beatles songs at age two anchored lifelong musical attachments and early memories of dancing and singing in an East Orange apartment. A fundamentalist Christian conservative household forbade dancing, movies, and records, but an aunt's gift of Stevie Wonder's Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants introduced a love for Send One Your Love. Learning Bob Dylan's Gates of Eden created fascination with prophetic vocals. Karaoke occurred unexpectedly in Japan after heavy drinking, resulting in a performance of Tiptoe Through the Tulips. Favorite songs include sensual tracks like Get It Up, party tunes like I Love Onions, and secretly cherished artists like the Carpenters.
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