Q: and that you are completely self trained. were you just born with it ?
A: absolute pitch is not so important, and i was not even raised to believe it was particularly possible. then later in life i became disappointed that i didn't prioritize that at an earlier age. i have been able to hijack my strong permanent absolute memory of C to essentially appear to have absolute pitch, at least as good as anyone i've ever met who claims to have it. so that will have to be good enough