I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to here.
As I grew up, I was interested in other areas, too, especially literature. It became a major love of mine. Later, it became a difficult choice for me as to whether to major in music or literature. It wasn't until my 30s that I began a profession in music.
One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies.

