Tiring of the histrionics that went with performing on the accordion – all that smiling made me nauseous – and inspired by the great pianist Oscar Peterson, I switched, at the age of 15, to the piano. I was at a party one night and someone put on The Trio – Live in Chicago and I wanted to know who this wonderful pianist was. At that moment I decided I was going to be as good as Oscar Peterson one day. The first thing I needed to do in order to achieve this goal was to buy a piano! The funny thing is that Live in Chicago is still my favourite Oscar Peterson record.