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And then you go and test them and chew the meat and spit the fat.

Yeah, just constant. Time under pressure. Yeah. Me and my daughter, she writes songs. She's already so much better than I was at 16. But she would come to me a couple years ago and she'd be like, hey, I want to put some of this stuff out. I've been writing all this stuff. And I was torn because I was like, well, you should have the right to put out whatever you want. That's the freedom that exists.

Yeah, just constant. Time under pressure. Yeah. Me and my daughter, she writes songs. She's already so much better than I was at 16. But she would come to me a couple years ago and she'd be like, hey, I want to put some of this stuff out. I've been writing all this stuff. And I was torn because I was like, well, you should have the right to put out whatever you want. That's the freedom that exists.

Yeah, just constant. Time under pressure. Yeah. Me and my daughter, she writes songs. She's already so much better than I was at 16. But she would come to me a couple years ago and she'd be like, hey, I want to put some of this stuff out. I've been writing all this stuff. And I was torn because I was like, well, you should have the right to put out whatever you want. That's the freedom that exists.

But I know something you don't know, that you just wrote your first 30 songs. And they're incredible for your first 30 songs. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, you go go write 100. And let's see if we can find five that are worth rewriting, rework and refiguring out. You know what I mean? And I was cool. It taught me a lot about her personality because she was like, I get it.

But I know something you don't know, that you just wrote your first 30 songs. And they're incredible for your first 30 songs. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, you go go write 100. And let's see if we can find five that are worth rewriting, rework and refiguring out. You know what I mean? And I was cool. It taught me a lot about her personality because she was like, I get it.

But I know something you don't know, that you just wrote your first 30 songs. And they're incredible for your first 30 songs. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, you go go write 100. And let's see if we can find five that are worth rewriting, rework and refiguring out. You know what I mean? And I was cool. It taught me a lot about her personality because she was like, I get it.

She got it immediately. I wouldn't got it at 15. You know what I mean? She got it. She was like, cool, no problem.

She got it immediately. I wouldn't got it at 15. You know what I mean? She got it. She was like, cool, no problem.

She got it immediately. I wouldn't got it at 15. You know what I mean? She got it. She was like, cool, no problem.

Just... There was... My daddy, I sat down with him at a bar called The Tin Roof on the Mummery Street one night, Joe, and I looked my dad in the eye and I said, I'm done. I said, I've done everything I can. I remember I was probably 29 years old. It was probably a decade ago. And I said, Dad, I've been out of jail five years or four years, whatever. I've done everything I can in this business.

Just... There was... My daddy, I sat down with him at a bar called The Tin Roof on the Mummery Street one night, Joe, and I looked my dad in the eye and I said, I'm done. I said, I've done everything I can. I remember I was probably 29 years old. It was probably a decade ago. And I said, Dad, I've been out of jail five years or four years, whatever. I've done everything I can in this business.

Just... There was... My daddy, I sat down with him at a bar called The Tin Roof on the Mummery Street one night, Joe, and I looked my dad in the eye and I said, I'm done. I said, I've done everything I can. I remember I was probably 29 years old. It was probably a decade ago. And I said, Dad, I've been out of jail five years or four years, whatever. I've done everything I can in this business.

You know how hard I've worked. Do you think our brother Roger will give me a job on a meat truck? Because my father sold meat. So did my brother. He said, I know your brother will give you a job on the meat truck, but I want to give you some perspective. I said, I'm open for a healthy dose of that.

You know how hard I've worked. Do you think our brother Roger will give me a job on a meat truck? Because my father sold meat. So did my brother. He said, I know your brother will give you a job on the meat truck, but I want to give you some perspective. I said, I'm open for a healthy dose of that.

You know how hard I've worked. Do you think our brother Roger will give me a job on a meat truck? Because my father sold meat. So did my brother. He said, I know your brother will give you a job on the meat truck, but I want to give you some perspective. I said, I'm open for a healthy dose of that.

He said, you've only been out here trying this as hard as you possibly can for five years, just five, four years, four and a five years. I said, dad, that's five years. He said, if you went to Vanderbilt, you still wouldn't have your bachelor's degree. Joe, it's true. Right. It's so true. It covered me. And he said, Jason, if you're working as hard as you really is, I know you are.

He said, you've only been out here trying this as hard as you possibly can for five years, just five, four years, four and a five years. I said, dad, that's five years. He said, if you went to Vanderbilt, you still wouldn't have your bachelor's degree. Joe, it's true. Right. It's so true. It covered me. And he said, Jason, if you're working as hard as you really is, I know you are.

He said, you've only been out here trying this as hard as you possibly can for five years, just five, four years, four and a five years. I said, dad, that's five years. He said, if you went to Vanderbilt, you still wouldn't have your bachelor's degree. Joe, it's true. Right. It's so true. It covered me. And he said, Jason, if you're working as hard as you really is, I know you are.

If you're really writing every day, if you're doing shows every week and I was opening up 50 bucks a night. I mean, you know, my story is that old school get in the van and go do a thousand shows for fucking gas money. You know what I mean? He's like, if you're really doing that, there's no way it's not going to work. If you're really doing it, not you're faking it, not you're half assing it.