“When I was a kid my parents used to tell me, "Emo, don't go near the cellar door!"”

—  Emo Philips

One day when they were away, I went up to the cellar door. And I pushed it and walked through and saw strange, wonderful things, things I had never seen before, like... trees. Grass. Flowers. The sun... that was nice... the sun..
EMO² (1985)

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