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Do you have a bucket list? Jerry Lochran decided it was time to start crossing items off of his, including his lifelong dream of being a ball boy at the U.S. Open.

Meet a self-taught musician who started performing professionally by age 7 and was featured in Life magazine by 9. Now 71, the original Boogie Man Tommy Johnson says he's playing better than ever and finding new fans through YouTube.

A child prodigy, he was playing piano at Carnegie Hall by the age of 16. But then a rare disease robbed him of his ability to play. Find out how he adjusted and never gave up on his piano dreams.

She fell in love with the piano when she was a young child, and decades later, she's still tickling the ivories and sharing her passion for music with others.

It's never too late to live an active and vibrant life. Just ask Phyllis Sues. She dances the tango, composes and performs tango and jazz music, does trapeze and starts each morning with yoga. And she's 88 years old.

He's written music for NBC sports, artist Thomas Kinkade and for a 3-year-old victim of child abuse. Many critics consider his songs poignant, intimate and healing. You'll wonder why you've never heard of him before.

In this exclusive Growing Bolder bonus footage, musician Wayne Gratz explains how his view of childhood changed once he became an adult and he performs "Two Views."

By age 16, Leon Fleisher was performing at Carnegie Hall, but then he was struck by a rare disease that robbed him of the use of his right hand. He sought a cure and learned to be a one-handed concert pianist.

This concert pianist lost the use of a hand and his career dreams nearly died -- but his passion for music helped him overcome obstacles and today, he's inspiring people of all ages, all over the globe.