adjective, milder, mildest. 1. amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others. 2. characterized by or showing such gentleness, as manners or speech: a mild voice. 3. not cold, severe, or extreme, as air or weather: mild breezes.
Styles was born in Redditch, Worcestershire. He is the son of Anne Cox (nÃ©e Selley) and Desmond Des Styles. Many of his ancestors were farm labourers in Norfolk. Styles was raised in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, after his parents moved there along with his older sister, Gemma, when he was a child.
Born in San Rafael, Calif., Duke aspired to a music career from an early age, after his mother took him to a Duke Ellington concert. I remember seeing this guy in a white suit, playing this big thing, which I later found out was a piano, Duke told USA TODAY in 1997.