My parents weren’t musicians. Music wasn’t forced on me, I was just drawn to it. I started singing one day and I immediately felt that I could do it. And it felt good. Whenever I had opportunities to be involved in it, I was. I remember being at a party with my parents when I was like around 8 and there was a band. I was so fascinated by it, I just picked up the drummers’ sticks and started playing. Even before that, I remember always annoying people banging on anything I could get my hands on. When I started in “Our Mercury” at 13, we were just kids and the local punk scene was what allowed us to be involved in music. Punk rock allowed us to have complete freedom and we were just drawn to that being some wild kids. Having that freedom at a young age was life changing.