I'm not entirely sure what other people have put in this little box. I'm not sure what's the average story, but I imagine it going something like, "Live in a small town yadayadayada, always loved music growing up yadayadayada, family didn't have a lot so I did music and now I want to be big", you get the point. Now, I'm not saying I'm actually any different. I come from a small town in Oregon, I wasn't that "gifted" growing up but we survived. So, in that sense, I'm not that different.
But I can tell you what makes me different.
And that is that I can play you some of the most relentlessly honest, intense, pent up, emotional, up and down, black and white, day and night music. And that is because I can say with confidence, music is all that I am. It's all that I have been, and all that I ever will be. I will never be doing anything different for a living in this life, than music. Because that is what I am called to do.
And I am sure you, whoever you are, reading this, have heard this same story PLENTY of times.

... But I do not give up. I can not give up. And I WILL NOT give up. You can read this, laugh at it, throw it away, and never ever think about me again. But I can tell you, right now, that is not going to happen. Because am a night owl of a musician. I will not rest until I can play my music for thousands of people at once, almost every single day.

... So you can do whatever you please with this story. But I can assure you, you will hear from me. And I hope you don't forget my name.

- Trent Thomas Rourke (With Open Eyes)