now they would put untitled. i put dount samurai's garden not thinking that would really with the title. and what happened was when it was time to choose a title my editor had a god awful title she felt was the most brilliant title since the grapes of wrath. it was like this long and everything was in it but the kitchen sink. love, samurai, garden and sushi. it was a terrible title and i didn't like it and i didn't know what to say i had never disagreed. that was the first time i disagree. i said i don't want to look at my book case and see that book and cringe in 30 years. she called me from new york and said, i don't know why we are going over the title thing let's keep it the samurai's garden. then i was saying, thank you, god and it became the samurai a garden which in the end worked when you decide hathat samurai is in your class you will see how it works. it works in many, many ways. i'm pleased it stayed the samurai's garden. not of anybody's choice but because it was the one we didn't want to fight over a

runs our very first album we ever did self untitled bakshi so you all have a different favorite out interesting at jane or tears on twitter was there any artists you listen to in the late ninety's or the early millennium that would have shocked fans or your band mates i used to listen to nerve on a number and i listen to a lot of any. like i don't want to be billed i like and you know frank sinatra. finally are you going to your left and i think yeah. i love you frank. sandler sarong on facebook if you had to change anything about your password one thing would you change i know what you guys would change i actually would change it i wouldn't either because we wouldn't be who we are today if we didn't go through that but i would change some of our wardrobe choices. and so on and some of my hair is no choice you look back at what you wore and all your god it was yeah but it worked for that time at least sweetie on twitter word songs that you're tired of performing it's got to be some you know that i'm doing but yeah it's probably for us in the past can sense is always been quit playing games in m

with m--i'm--i'm terrible, absolutely terrible at ti--titles, so bad that i--i will send in pieces untitled because i know whatever they come up with's going to be usually better than--than me, and this--this was no different and so, you know, one night they simply were talking about it. i had gone out, actually, to hear some jazz, and i came back and they had this title. and i didn't think it would work. i thought it would be terrible. but then a few days passed, a little time, and i--i bounced it around with--with my editor and so forth, and--and we--we really decided that was absolutely the best--best title we could--could have for this book. and i--i really am happy--happy with it now. c-span: all right. again, back to the person in the audience that's listening and lives in california and says, 'the preference is out the window.' >> guest: mm-hmm. c-span: 'can't use the preferences in colleges anymore.' >> guest: right. c-span: the supposed number of blacks in schools went down... >> guest: yes. c-span: ... percentage went down. >> guest: dramatically. c-span: what is your advice when

that is the untitled meant programs and the unfunded liability that they are leaving -- the entitlement programs and the unfunded liability they are leaving on this generation. >> if you would compromise on entitlements you would give up on sequestration. >> what we have said, leadership alike, is we want to fix the real problem. the real problem is entitlements. we have always said sequester is not the best way to go about spending reductions. it was a default mechanism because congress could not do the job it was supposed to a couple of years ago. to give uss going great opportunity to come together and try to tackle the real problem, which is entitlements. host: we are taking your calls this morning. it compromises possible, how much compromise would you be ok with? the phone lines -- i want to show you this piece in today's "washington post." one of the takeaways as congress goes into recess is a grand bargain looks like a pipe dream prayed a bit from that column today -- dream.pe a bit from that column today -- that is in today's "washington post." we are getting your thoughts on t