Maurice's parents had experienced expansive lives before he was born. His Moorish and Scottish ancestry along with the influence of his sisters, who were twelve and fifteen years older, gave him a wider perception throughout his formative years. 

Being the youngest of the family, with a playful personality, little Bobby, as he was called, started out in a neighborhood that was close to many beaches and a large city park. He was a very likable child, who found this enhanced environment a perfect place to chase day dreams while fostering new ones.

Little Bobby’s imagination collided continuously with the restrictive attitudes of formal education which in turn found him too much of a slippery spirit to hold onto for any worthwhile period. As he entered his early years as a youth, formality finally relented and washed his remnants off its hands entirely. Maurice went back to complete his studies with motivation for the information, not the certificates; a quality he has to this day, the need to understand everything while never believing it is possible to truly know anything at all.

Since he had started playing the piano at four and was well conditioned as a performer in every aspect, in his teenage years he began to perform with a succession of five rock bands until in his early twenties he started playing solo in lounges, cafes and at private functions. But it was his love of writing that became his true passion. Little Bobby’s imagination was secured in the hands of Maurice who had become an accomplished artist.

Soon after, Maurice began to teach music privately finding it so fulfilling that when combined with his other creative endeavors, his outlook on things began to focus on what we all share as humans. He found himself evolving as he was discovering his personal purpose; to contribute his art as it reflects those similar aspects we all find in our various lives.

To date, he has penned hundreds of songs, music compositions, poems, plays, short stories and other assortments of material. However, it's Maurice's three books that he believes has brought his separate selves together in this most enriching of all his creative experiences.

His life has attained that contentment that can only be found when an individual begins to believe in themselves, a lesson to all of us on the principle of personal enlightenment.