“Did you kill somebody?” Because that’s how it was shaping up to me. And he shook his head no, then he wrote, “But I was ready to.” I said, “That’s not the same thing.” And he tapped his heart, as if to say, “It is in here.” Later, I understood that. He was talking about intentions. That’s important in music, too. Critically important. What you’re thinking about can be what you become. Good and evil. But sitting with him, it seemed like he had done his time. Three years, man? For thinking about doing something bad?
