My mother wanted my sister and me to live a normal life. I always picked friends who weren't impressed with my family ties.
I first picked up a guitar when I was ten years old; my parents surprised me with it for my tenth birthday. I started taking lessons when I was thirteen, but only for a few months, and then I just kept teaching myself.
I bent my head over a stove in my early 20s and picked it up in my 30s.
From Under 15s to Under 19s, I was concentrating playing for England, it was close to me, I could just go to St George's Park, it was nice. Going back to school when you've just played for England, it was amazing, you're one of the best players in the country, that's why you're getting picked.
I'm forever a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. Apparently I've picked the worst baseball team in the world.
To be picked for your country at any stage is a massive honour, and to be at a huge tournament likes the Euros is such a bonus.
It really wasn't about picking Chicago. I feel like Chicago picked me.
There will always be someone being picked on at school, and it's not going to go away.
My knowledge of electrical subjects was not acquired in a methodical manner but was picked up from such books as I could get hold of and from such experiments as I could make with my own hands.
When I was in Buffalo, Fred Jackson was you know, I would say he was a big mentor of mine and when I was in Miami, I probably picked apart Brian Hartline, Davone Bess, those guys.
