"I realized this is a fork in the road," he says. "The choice is: worst thing that ever happened to me or best thing that ever happened to me. I'm going with best. I recently wrote a letter to Joey where I was like, 'You know what, man, may peace be with you, bro. I'm not really stressing any of that, dude. I moved on. I wish you the best, and I'm sorry for whatever I did to you.' It hurts in the respect that that was one of my best friends."
But it didn't hurt the Pirate Signal, which is once again gaining momentum, beginning with a buzzed-about performance at Sundance. "The things that scare me about the industry or performing is not 'What am I capable of?'" Abraham concludes. "It's like, how will I be judged because of where I'm from, because that's the shit that's out of my control. I know if they'd just give me a chance, I'll be fine. You know what I mean?"
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