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Like, you had a whole process.

This was almost like an assembly line where you'd write letters to people.

Wait, there was a real...

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You mentioned, like, things weren't so great when you were a kid.

There's also a pretty – you describe it as a nasty divorce.

Yeah.

With your parents.

Yeah.

Did you ever talk to your parents about your dreams?

What did they think about your obsessions?

Tell me a little bit about your granddad, Bobby Shad.

You say he's basically one of the founders of the music industry as we know it.