And as I grew older I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London and they said well no we won't accept you because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that.
I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my...
I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and...
What motivated me? My mother. My mother was an immigrant woman a peasant woman struggled all her life worked in the garment center.
