In Trouble Waters I Had To Learn

May The Best Of Your Today's Be The Worst Of Your Tomorrow's

Boxing Is A Glorious Sport To Watch And Boxers Are Incredible, Heroic Athletes, But It's Also, To Be Honest, A Stupid Game To Play. Even The Winners Can End Up With Crippling Brain Damage. In A Lot Of Ways, Hustling Is The Same. But You Learn Something Special From Playing The Most Difficult Games, The Games Where Winning Is Close To Impossible And Losing Is Catastrophic: You Learn How To Compete As If Your Life Depended On It. That's The Lesson I Brought With Me To The So-called "legitimate" World.

It's Always Been Most Important For Me To Figure Out "my Space" Rather Than Trying To Check Out What Everyone Else Is Up To, Minute By Minute. Technology Is Making It Easier To Connect To Other People, But Maybe Harder To Keep Connected To Yourself-- And That's Essential For Any Artist, I Think.

Cough Up A Lung Where I'm From Marcy Son, Aint Nothin Nice

No One's Walking Around Here Perfect. Everyone's Gonna Make Mistakes. That's Part Of How You Learn.