Reconnecting with a Friend-Turned-Celebrity

NPR

Published December 6, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Alison MacAdam tells the story of getting in touch with her best friend from kindergarten, Scott Hoffman, who is now a sensation in a disco-rock band called The Scissor Sisters. Hoffman explains how he uses music to fill the voids he felt growing up in Lexington, Ky.

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