Because I was fortunate to be brought up in such a creative, almost bohemian house where music was around, I don't know when my love of music started exactly – it was just always there. My mother was a jazz pianist and encouraged me to improvise on the piano before I could even play properly, and we had jam sessions with musician friends regularly. From a really young age, it was always understood that I could be a musician if I wanted to.
I was lucky to be the product of the people that inspired me, all of whom had a real heart for music education – whether it was my mother, who was always teaching music, or Avril and John Dankworth, of National Youth Music Camps.
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