I never took that stuff personally when people said I was too young, too inexperienced. I get politics. I get attack ads. But they said 'mobbed up family.' That we were criminals. That kills me. ↗
Music became an obsession, and eventually we felt more comfortable with each other then we did with anyone else. The three of us were like one person. ↗
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself. ↗
This time all the historical details and things were right. But I'd written it again in third person, and people found it dry. I decided to throw that one away. ↗