Very similar to Clive Wearing, who, without memory, fills his notebooks with variations on the phrase "Now I am really, truely awake, for the first time" http:

Very similar to Clive Wearing, who, without memory, fills his notebooks with variations on the phrase "Now I am really, truely awake, for the first time" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Wearing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Wearing also, he can still play the piano at an expert level