rivjudephoenix:

“John and River wrote the song one night [in River’s hotel room] and the next day taped it in our Hollywood Hills home. They stayed up really late in the living room and played music while I slept on the second floor in our bedroom, which had direct visual and hearing connection to the living room. River was worried about me because I had an audition in the morning and he was afraid I couldn’t sleep. He brought me earplugs he had made out of toilet paper so I could sleep better- they didn’t help at all. River was a really sweet and considerate person”

– Toni Oswald [John’s girlfriend] on the making of “Height Down” in 1992