Suffered a bad bout of food poisoning whilst on tour, he lost 10% of
his body weight, yet still performed onstage!
Wanted to be a Doctor.
Got his first piano from his parents at the age of 15.
He is called "Flake" because some Latin-American friends used to call him "Flaco", which means "thin" in Spanish, due to his skinny look since young age, and the name stuck.