“I never thought I would become a musician, but my mother was very musically oriented, and from a young age she would always have me listen to cool music from her childhood and have me try out new instruments. I tried a bunch of instruments like violin, piano, drums—I played drums for a year and I was terrible. Finally, when I was 13, she put a guitar in my hands. I don’t know if it was the earlier music experience that helped me out, but I took to guitar really quickly. Before I knew it, I w...