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Timothy

ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER : Your home studio sounds awesome . TIMOTHY B . SCHMIT : Well , I ’ m not lacking for anything in it , sonically . It ’ s a goodsized guest house on my property , just
Should Do ,” and it ’ s the new single , actually . But I had this idea , and I was singing it under my breath , and nobody was really paying any attention to me – nobody stands out in New York , so you can do whatever you want there . So I ducked into a little alcove and put my idea down on the phone . And I forgot about it for a little while , and then went back and listened to it later . And that was the start of the song .
IE : It ’ s a very self-reflective track . In it , you observe that , “ Happiness is not a guarantee / I need to find what works for me .” What is it that you should do ? TBS : In the words of a good friend of mine , “ When I ’ m not doing what I should be

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steps away from my house .
IE : Do you regularly pad out there in your pajamas with a great midnight idea ? TBS : No , I don ’ t do that . I learned a long time ago that when I have those moments – and they seem so vivid and clear when you think of them , and you think you ’ re going to remember them , but you never do – that now its much easier to just throw your idea into an iPhone . I ’ ve done that several times . I started off one of the songs on this new album as I was walking down the street in New York . It ’ s called “ What I
doing – that being my art , my craft – I become a menace , a menace to society .” Which is a little overstated , because I would be more of a menace to myself and those around me . I like to work . And I think for anybody , it ’ s important – to find purpose in their life , to do what they ’ re put on the Earth to do . In other words , to be happy you have to seek happiness . There are a lot of people in this world who don ’ t like their day jobs , and it makes it hard for them to be peaceful , to have any kind of inner calm . So I ’ m really fortunate . I get to do exactly what I want to do , and
the reason I get to do it , I suppose , is the perk of actually getting compensated for it . But it ’ s not just monetary compensation – that ’ s kind of non-existent with my solo career . It ’ s more about being compensated
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deep down , in your own psychological core .
IE : So what kind of mischief do you get up to when you ’ re not occupied with work ?
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