michael bolton was your babysitter. true? >> true. hard to believe but true. ir. >> jimmy: he was a teenager and your parents hired mike the bolton -- >> interesting enough. and this is another power records reference. my sister was friends with mike the bolton and his girlfriend, marine. who later married. and my sister used to hang out with him. and he was an aspiring singer/song writer who flew from connecticut to l.a. to make it in song writing and as an artist. and i used to get pissed off as a brownie in a brownie outfit. and he never helped me do any home work. he used to want to jam with the musicians in my llg. and i had an "l" shaped couch. and i ran on my knees in the couch and there was a pencil sticking up in the cushion. and i jammed in the leg and he had to take me to the hospital. i still have a scar on me knee from -- and he was so disinterested and really -- >> jimmy: really? >> and don't care. and years later, we move away. my sister -- and he used to sing me to sleep, which is sweet. and years later, and "straight up" has hit and we're on su