Rick Spence

When I was 17, I thought that I had the world much more figured out than I do now.

When I was 17, I thought that I had the world much more figured out than I do now.

When I was 17, I thought that I had the world much more figured out than I do now.

Mm-hmm.

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Mm-hmm.

Completely deluded. But, you know, it seemed to make much more sense than I could categorize things. Basic take upon human beings, most people, most of the time, are polite, cooperative, and kind until they're not. And the exact tipping point and moment in which they go from one to the other is unpredictable. God, that's brilliantly put.

Completely deluded. But, you know, it seemed to make much more sense than I could categorize things. Basic take upon human beings, most people, most of the time, are polite, cooperative, and kind until they're not. And the exact tipping point and moment in which they go from one to the other is unpredictable. God, that's brilliantly put.

Completely deluded. But, you know, it seemed to make much more sense than I could categorize things. Basic take upon human beings, most people, most of the time, are polite, cooperative, and kind until they're not. And the exact tipping point and moment in which they go from one to the other is unpredictable. God, that's brilliantly put.

Mansonville. Well, you begin with Charles Manson, who's the key element of this. And Charles Manson, for most of his life, up until the time that he's around 33, is an unexceptional petty criminal. In and out of prison, reform school from an early age, not really associated with violent crimes. He did stuff like steal cars, write bad checks, became an unsuccessful pimp and drug dealer.

Mansonville. Well, you begin with Charles Manson, who's the key element of this. And Charles Manson, for most of his life, up until the time that he's around 33, is an unexceptional petty criminal. In and out of prison, reform school from an early age, not really associated with violent crimes. He did stuff like steal cars, write bad checks, became an unsuccessful pimp and drug dealer.

Mansonville. Well, you begin with Charles Manson, who's the key element of this. And Charles Manson, for most of his life, up until the time that he's around 33, is an unexceptional petty criminal. In and out of prison, reform school from an early age, not really associated with violent crimes. He did stuff like steal cars, write bad checks, became an unsuccessful pimp and drug dealer.

So around 1967, he gets out of his latest stint in federal lockup in Terminal Island near Los Angeles, California. By that time, he's learned how to play the guitar, has ambitions to become a musician, and also has proclaimed himself a Scientologist. Not that he ever seems to have practiced, but that's what he would claim that he was.

So around 1967, he gets out of his latest stint in federal lockup in Terminal Island near Los Angeles, California. By that time, he's learned how to play the guitar, has ambitions to become a musician, and also has proclaimed himself a Scientologist. Not that he ever seems to have practiced, but that's what he would claim that he was.

So around 1967, he gets out of his latest stint in federal lockup in Terminal Island near Los Angeles, California. By that time, he's learned how to play the guitar, has ambitions to become a musician, and also has proclaimed himself a Scientologist. Not that he ever seems to have practiced, but that's what he would claim that he was.

kind of, you know, self-educated himself in prison to a certain degree. And so when he gets out of prison in 67, he was a model prisoner. He behaved himself, you know, and seemed, you can sort of imagine his life is going in a completely different direction. And here again, I'm going to say something kind of good about Charles Manson, which is that he actually was a decent singer.

kind of, you know, self-educated himself in prison to a certain degree. And so when he gets out of prison in 67, he was a model prisoner. He behaved himself, you know, and seemed, you can sort of imagine his life is going in a completely different direction. And here again, I'm going to say something kind of good about Charles Manson, which is that he actually was a decent singer.

kind of, you know, self-educated himself in prison to a certain degree. And so when he gets out of prison in 67, he was a model prisoner. He behaved himself, you know, and seemed, you can sort of imagine his life is going in a completely different direction. And here again, I'm going to say something kind of good about Charles Manson, which is that he actually was a decent singer.

If you really sort of listen to some of the stuff he did, he, you know, he's not a great singer, but he could have, you know, other people got recording contracts with less talent than he had and he could play guitar. The Beach Boys actually do record one of his songs without him.

If you really sort of listen to some of the stuff he did, he, you know, he's not a great singer, but he could have, you know, other people got recording contracts with less talent than he had and he could play guitar. The Beach Boys actually do record one of his songs without him.