Editing Jonathan Richman (section)

=== Early life ===
Born into a [[Jewish]] family in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], and raised in [[Natick]], Massachusetts,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDk6FuQcxpoC&q=%22jonathan+richman%22+jewish|first=Steven Lee|last=Beeber|title=The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's: A Secret History of Jewish Punk|publisher=[[Chicago Review Press]]|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=2008|isbn=978-1556527616|pages=49–62}}</ref> Richman began playing music and writing his own songs in the mid-1960s. He became infatuated with [[the Velvet Underground]] and, in 1969, he moved to New York City, lived on the couch of their manager, [[Steve Sesnick]], worked odd jobs, and tried to break in as a professional musician. Failing at this, he returned to Boston.