Ex-Monkee, songwriter and novelist Michael Nesmith’s mother Bette Nesmith Graham invented the typewriter correction fluid “Liquid Paper” and made a fortune out of it. So Michael Nesmith didn’t have to worry about money during his teenage years. His mother’s fortune gave him the freedom of pursuing his artistic ambitions. Sometimes typing errors can be very helpful …
Well…to say he was not concerned about money anymore is not quite so…he has said that he and his mother would be on the ph to one another comparing experiences, as they both were getting richer at the same time, he in CA and she in TX.