Paul Vieira has this theory that each child instinctively knows their own future, before being told, 'you can't do that.' "For me, it was being a rock star. My mom has this photo of me at 2 years old, still in diapers, posing with an electric guitar and a cigarette hanging from my mouth."

Paul taught himself guitar, piano and wrote his first songs as a young teenaged boy. In high school, hundreds came to watch his shows. Then something terrible happened.

"Like an honest idiot, I followed t...