[Music probably saved his life, just like writing saved Christy's. If neither of them had found their passions early on, Geordie suspects that the two younger Riddell boys would have some day ended up in jail like their eldest brother, Pat.

He doesn't say that aloud, though. There's no reason to ruin the mood with tales of his crappy childhood.

So he smiles and nods.] I do. I love listening to music, too. But there's nothing like the sound and feel of notes radiating from my own instrument.