have all of these other things and it was al-
most like my passions had time to flourish,
a little bit at a time. So I took full advantage
of that and now I am having a blast!
JEB: So they are an inspiration to you?
MK: They are. Both of my boys are also
musicians and I come from a line of musi-
cians. My biological father was a Grammy
award-winning pianist and he played with
a gospel band for most of his life. My mom
was always into music and was always kind
of a singer. I grew up in church, and that is
what you do there. JEB: Having fun, that is an important
thing.
MK: Yeah, I love my life.
JEB: Right, you sing in church, and your
boys are both, what do they do?
MK: My oldest son, Ethan, plays the
trombone and he is now learning the gui-
tar, that and my younger son Owen is learn-
ing the piano now and he is a singer, defi-
nitely.
JEB: Definitely a singer, whether he
wants to admit it or not...
MK: That is exactly right. He is a little shy
right now, in terms of his ability to perform
in front of other people, but he is into this
beat box thing, and a capella, and it is fan-
tastic to see my 10 year-old doing that. I
feel like part of what I teach them in what
I choose to do in my own life is to not al-
low fear of judgment to dictate your choic-
es. Being a person of integrity and honor-
ing your own passions, that’s what I want
them to learn. I don’t want them to fear
judgment. I want them to explore and ex-
press themselves and be the creative peo-
ple that they were born to be. Obviously,
part of it is logical and rational; you need
to be a productive member of society and
work hard, be successful and all of those
things, but the missing link is often a spiri-
tual piece, a creative piece. It’s important
to express that