the police, zenyattà mondatta

"does this sound good neil?"

"yes."

"is there a message to this song?"

"he said 'doo dee doo, dah dee dah!' "

"isn't that deep?"

"no, that's silly!!!"

fleetwood mac, rumours

“this sounds like 100 dollars!”

fleetwood mac, tusk

"this is not my favorite."

"neil, did you know they spent 1 million dollars making this album?"

"no. "

"does it sound like 1 million dollars?"

"yes. great job everybody!"

the beatles, abbey road

"its the beatles! it got beats!!"

and then he ran out of the room as fast as he could.

ac newman, the slow wonder

"it’s a cymbal and a drum. and a guitar with strings on it making music."

"that's right."

"i wanna play a guitar."

"you can play all the guitar you want when you’re a little more grown up."

"i don't wanna grow up!"

"yeah, me either."

"me either, either, either!"

sweet potato

"no! not now! milk!"

"you just had milk. you can have more after you eat some sweet potato."

"that's not right i think what."

"you think what?"

"yeah."

we get into a stare-off for a few seconds, then neil puts the smallest piece of sweet potato in his mouth and doesn't chew.

“milk!”

crickets

"i hear crickets! they're singing us a song."

"what kind of song are they singing?"

"a christmas song!"

"why are they singing a christmas song in march?"

"its springtime!"

"is it christmas time?"

"no..."

"then why are they singing a christmas song?"

"they're... they're singing a rain song!"

wilco, yankee hotel foxtrot

"it sounds like a bell. and a guitar. and a guy sings."

"do you like this music?"

"yeah."

"how come?"

neil just stares into space for the next couple of minutes. then he asks:

"where is this song?"

john denver, greatest hits

"this is sleepy. i wanna go night night."

the rolling stones, exile on main street

"daddy, this is rock and roll."

"yes it is."

"what is rock and roll sounds like?"

"i don't know, what does rock and roll sound like?"

"it rolls. it always rolls to the up side."