Quote: On Beethovens Third symphony"He called his symphony Eroica, which means heroic, and intended it as a tribute to courage rather than to a single man. This is information I've gotten from Nathaniel, a patient teacher who seems to offer me a gift of his knowledge." Question: I dont know what it is that sounds unbelieveable about this story because I can understand how someone has a passion for something, but how someone can keep grasp of all the music theory or whatever passion they have, after 30+ years of living destitutely on Skid Row, one of Americas biggest homeless communities. So the question is how can he retain all of this information, while living with a mental illness, and living homeless? Comment: I think Nathaniel is amazing and I think his illness is fascinating, which might sound weird, but I think that something that makes your brain have unpredictable mood swings and makes you remember odd facts that you learned 30+ years ago .