My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it.
Most of our cities built since the war are bland. They're modernist, they're cold, and now architects want to go back to that.
It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway.