Revisiting the Past to Change the Future
Briefly

This essay is part of a series called The Big Ideas, in which writers respond to a single question: Who do you think you are?You can read more by visiting The Big Ideas series page.I'm not who you think I am.I'm from New Orleans that you probably already knew.But how did I get here?It's maybe assumed that I'm just some privileged guy, blessed with God-given musical gifts that I didn't have to work at; that as soon as I sat down at the piano as a young person and started to play, every door just opened for me and it was a water slide to success.
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