Riz Ahmed
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Less admin, emails, phone calls; more space to think, read and sleep.
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Having a massage every week.
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James Bay
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Less pizza – living on tour is not conducive to eating healthily.
Knowing everyone I love is always going to be healthy.
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As a generous soul.
My parents: I’m sorry I didn’t spend more time with them.
I wouldn’t care so much what people thought.
Cortez The Killer, by Neil Young.
When I was little, I took a bunch of pills out of the cabinet because I was bored, when I was supposed to be taking a nap. I had to have my stomach pumped.
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