There’s never been a presidential contender quite like South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, the gay, Episcopalian, Maltese-American millennial and Afghanistan veteran who plays classical piano and speaks seven languages.
Pete Buttigieg attends a campaign stop at Stonyfield Farms on April 19 in Londonderry, N.H. , the gay, Episcopalian, Maltese-American millennial and Afghanistan veteran who plays classical piano, speaks seven languages and has emerged over the past few months as a legitimate challenger to the better-known likes of Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
It started with Dave Matthews. I didn’t get to see them play live much. A couple of times. But the idea that every song was different, that they would settle into the music and take it interesting places, really excited me. And when I discovered Phish, they took that to the next level.[Laughter] It was different, for sure. There were a lot of things going on there that I was new to.
It started with local radio. There’d be a good amount of Dave Matthews and Alanis Morissette, but also a lot of Christian rock. Some of which is quite good! A little. I brought a harmonica with me. I couldn’t bring a guitar, but I did have access to one some of the time I was there. And I had my playlists. But the song I associate most with my deployment is “Happy,” by Pharrell Williams. It was the song of the summer, or about to be, when I was packing my bags and when I was in combat training.It’s funny — I can still picture the first time I heard it. We were on a school-bus-style vehicle getting us out to the shooting range.
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