He doesn't consider it stupid to teach two cats to play the banjo together - he considers it his finest achievement. Once he became a vagrant wanderer, he found himself with a lot of spare time on his hands. To ease the boredom of waiting for the fast food joint to throw out whatever french fries were deemed unsuitable, he took up music. Eventually, one night around the campfire, Joe Morton said he once saw a cat that could play chopsticks. Not to be outdone, and to give him something to do other than try and play the 1812 Overture with a ruler held on the side of the table, he formed a cat quartet. Eventually, his cat quartet got him into the Hobo Miniature Circus. He makes a decent living off it. Not a whole lot - but definitely more than the fellow pretending to be a statue.