He took clarinet lessons as a child and switched to saxophone.
In order to earn a sufficient living, he also gives clarinet lessons to beginners.
He is also an electronic musician who teaches klezmer clarinet lessons.
As an adult he took clarinet lessons, learned to play tennis and ride a bicycle.
He began taking clarinet lessons but was better as an entertaining announcer than a musician.
The next step was to find a way to pay for clarinet lessons.
It kept at him the way his mother had when as a child, he had been late for a clarinet lesson.
He started clarinet lessons at age eight, studying with Caughey Roberts.
Course I hung around in the park instead of going to clarinet lessons.
He started formal piano and clarinet lessons, but quickly abandoned them.