Complex sentence: At age ten, Andrews began playing the accordion in restaurants throughout the Bay Area; he used the tips he earned to pay for his college education at University of Southern California where he received a Bachelors of Science in 1977.
Split into simpler sentences: At age ten, Andrews began playing the accordion in restaurants throughout the Bay Area. The tips that he earned eventually paid for his college education at University of Southern California where he received a Bachelors of Science in 1977.