What a way to set the tone for the record.

Yeah, man.

Yeah.

That, that was a cool one that, uh, you know, I, I really like the blue grassy kind of, um, mountain old timey feel to a lot of my music.

And, for the mountain goat, that was one that was like, man, how do we make this feel like you are just up there way out in the mountains and, um, but still keep the, uh, the present day in mind and that's what we did man there's a banjo on there there's a fiddle on there but there's also some heavy drums on there that just make you want to run through a brick wall

Way up high in isolation Where most men dare not go That's my destination If I'm anywhere but home I was born with a song and a six string Cut teeth on an old banjo Dancing in the snow Do a fiddle and a bow Cause I'm the mountain goat I shake hands with old men of winter The coyote calls me friend I break bread with saints and sinners, cause I've been both of them.

There's a king in Texas, and there's a king of the road.

pretty cool what about uh love is blind when you look at that one too as well just another great song from your catalog and i'm sure it becomes tough to pick a lot of songs that everything can't make a record obviously when you're putting out a selection of 15 songs but man love is blind really kind of made uh made a lot of sense to me looking back at it

... nature?

Yeah.

M- m- my parents weren't very, aren't, um, very religious.

I think that they got turned off at, just at a young age 'cause they grew up, like, I mean, they're, they're 74, 73.

So they grew up, like, having it kind of, like, in their face, like, "You're going to church no matter what," which for better or for worse, right? But, um, they're very spiritual.

So for them to, to, to have their, their ranch still and to raise us three boys out there, they really taught us h- how to be spiritual and how to live off the land and, and to hear it, you know-

both ends.

Yeah.

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... too much into that.

Um, you always have to choose your spouse over anybody.

Even if you don't think that they're right, you still have to choose them.

Um, this story, yeah, husband is for sure in the wrong.

And now you're mad at me because I'm human and I was sad?

I would agree that, uh, she d- she probably deserves another significant other, 'cause one, I would never ask my wife to do that because I know that being pregnant is very uncomfortable, and hanging out with random people that turn out to be biatches-