I went to college in Connecticut, which was when I still lived at home. I worked at a video store, a wine store, and did odd jobs here and there like landscaping.

I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.

I didn't just work at a hardware store. I went to college for a second, and I worked there on breaks or during the summer.

I only ever worked on interiors, and an interior is an interior. I don't know what they did about exteriors.

When I was at college, I worked in a department store called Brit Home Stores, which is a pretty lackluster department store, selling clothes for middle-aged women. My job was to walk the floor and find anything that was damaged, take it to the store room and log it.

College didn't stick, so I worked odd jobs, but I've always written songs and played music. I actually met a guy who was a songwriter, which I didn't realize was a real job.