I was born in Utica, New York and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. I also spent a number of years in different parts of the country. My mom singlehandedly raised my younger brother and I, and did an outstanding job I might add. I was born in 1969, near the end of one of the most radical movement our country had ever seen.
I consider myself as being an immediate offspring of the radical sixties, I began my creative writing in the seventh grade, writng lyrics to the music that was playng in my head. My greatest musical influenc more...