Clark Griffith was born into a musical family at an early age.

Clark Griffith's phenomenal gift for hyperbole has always undermined his unlikely modesty.

Every few years, Clark Griffith rediscovers fruit.

Clark Griffith is not a particularly good liar.

In 2005, Clark Griffith traveled to the shores of Lake Victoria to discover a question he'd never heard before: who is this muzungu?

Clark Griffith sometimes wonders whether, in the grand scheme of things, accidentals ever really happen.

Clark Griffith has never had a cavity, a broken bone, or minor surgery.

Clark Griffith's maternal grandmother was first cousin to Foy Draper (the Olympic gold medalist) and his Aunt Echo used to go steady with Buddy Holly.

Someday, Clark Griffith will form the as-yet-unnamed jazz piano trio, "Bach Springs Eternal with R. Chumfry" (BSERC).

Clark Griffith enjoys Asian supermarkets.

Clark Griffith suspects the provability of faith-shattering truths.

Clark Griffith was awarded a B.M. from the Curtis Institute of Music in 1986, having studied composition there during the era of David Loeb and Ned Rorem.  He started on the piano at four (although to call a Baldwin Acrosonic a piano may be a bit of a stretch).  His teachers have included Eugene Pridonoff and Elizabeth Pridonoff, Annie Petit, the venerable Vladimir Sokoloff, the improbably-named Rayna Barroll-Aschaffenburg, and the late Steven De Groote.  He was brought up on a 1927 Steinway Model L in Phoenix, Arizona by a father who makes helicopters fly better and a mother (D.Min., ACU) who was the second female percussionist ever accepted to The Curtis.

Clark Griffith blames it all on World of Warcraft, which he has never played.

Clark Griffith ultimately aspires to be Minister of Music at the Portland Open Superstition Humanist Assembly (POSHA), although when asked his faith, claims to be Hubrish.

For cruelty, Clark Griffith has considered going vegetarian, except for cold cuts.

Clark Griffith's middle name is Daniel, which makes his full name an anagram of "childlike, if fragrant."

Sparkle, Neely, sparkle!

Clark Griffith sometimes flirts with the notion of spelling his first name with a Q, but ultimately decides that just seems kind of gay.