discovered at the age of 9, then signing to motown to the age of 10 and then at 11 had the first record out. >> larry: and that helped the whole family? >> we did make some money. >> larry: you were a progidy. did you play piano when you were like 5? >> yeah, i played piano. obviously, sound was very important to me. so when i was able to, you know, touch that thing, what is called a piano, i was curious about it and i think the first -- that was probably the first thing that i played. >> larry: three blind mice, appropriately enough. it had to be tough. i've interviewed george schering. >> he was great. >> larry: he said that when you have never seen, he didn't