I Learned Real Early Why God Gave

I Learned Real Early Why God Gave Us Two Ears And One Mouth, Because You're Supposed To Listen Twice As Much As You Talk.

My Daddy Was A Carpenter That Worked With The Jones Boys, Who Are The Most Notorious In America. The Black Gangsters, You Know, They Were No Joke. And He Was Their Master Carpenter. He Used To Build Their Homes, And All I Saw When I Was 11 Years Old Were Dead Bodies And Tommy Guns And Stogies, And Backrooms, You Know, Drexel Wine And Liquor, With The Big Piles Of Money Underneath.

Making A Record Is Like Painting A School Bus With A Toothbrush

I Got In The School Band And The School Choir. It All Hit Me Like A Ton Of Bricks, Everything Just Came Out. I Played Percussion For A While, And Stayed After School Forever Just Tinkering Around With Different Things, The Clarinets And The Violins.

There's Power In The Collective. If You Don't Believe Me, Just Watch A Symphony Orchestra With A Conductor And 120 People Who Are Thinking About Exactly The Same Thing At The Same Moment - No Babies, No Stock Markets, No Mortgages. Just 32nd Notes.