Blame it on his parents, or his older brothers, for having the late night jam sessions. While a very young Patrick was either wide awake or sleeping. Either way, lying there absorbing Barber Shop, Sinatra, Mill's Brothers, The Beatles etc....whatever his father was singing or what his mother was playing on the piano or the accordian. Add to it, a constant influence from his older brothers and sisters filling the house with music by Bach, Beethoven, Frank Zappa, Traffic, Elton john....you get the picture. Being the youngest of six kids in such an upbringing had a major influence on a kid who was already playing piano and singing songs at the age of five.