My mom's a concert pianist so she started teaching me when I was around seven. When I was eight I started writing my own songs and kinda started putting piano and singing together. But I'm trained classically which is a big influence on me I think.
It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like she's not...
My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army but I never called them...
At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.