Let’s hear, for once, what the artists have to say about themselves:

i was born in venice, italy, started listening to music at an early age, my parents were always playing classical and jazz albums and the very first piece of music i remember hearing (other than the rattles in my crib) was "toccata and fugue in d minor" by bach... left an immense impression on me and many years later when i recorded it on my bach album i felt a sort of circle completing itself...
we had a housekeeper that would bring lp's at our house and play them for my sister and i when my parents were out... beatles, stones, hendrix... it felt magical, like a secret society... but it wasn't until years later when i started playing guitar that i really started checking out the rock world.