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Remember: It Costs Nothing To Encourage An Artist, And The Potential Benefits Are Staggering. A Pat On The Back To An Artist Now Could One Day Result In Your Favorite Film, Or The Cartoon You Love To Get Stoned Watching, Or The Song That Saves Your Life. Discourage An Artist, You Get Absolutely Nothing In Return, Ever.

All These People Who Say Success Changes People; Well, No, It Just Magnifies What's There.

One Of The Reasons I Always Looked Up To [george] Carlin Is He Looked Like Your Grandfather But, Acted Like Your Best Friend. Most Of The Adults In My World Were Adults And Acted Like Adults And Had Job-type Jobs And Bills And Pressures And Stopped Playing A Long Time Ago. And George Carlin Was A Guy That The More He Aged The Younger He Seemed. It Was Odd Because He Was Still Sagely And Wise. But He Was Such A Role Model For Me.

I Made A Deal With Myself That Whenever I Smoke Weed, I Have To Be Doing Something Productive: Writing, Recording, Cutting A Podcast, Editing, Etc.

Azrael: No Pleasure, No Rapture, No Exquisite Sin Greater... Than Central Air.