Getting to 39 without having a filling in my teeth.
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Staying alive, being here at this age. So many songs. It’s crazy.
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Still being here, aged 60. If I thought I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
Fran Lebowitz
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That I’ve never killed anyone – and I’ve been tempted numerous times. My other achievement is that I went to Australia, which meant I was on a plane without smoking for almost 24 hours, and I didn’t kill anyone on that flight.
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Peace and honesty.
I guess lack of patience as well.
The fact that I’m a vampire.
That I have no patience.
When Rufus first came out, it was all white guys and myself, but then the band changed and Tony Maiden, Bobby Watson and Andre Fischer came in. This guy booked us for a gig in Illinois, based on our original album cover, and when we got there he said that there were too many black people in the band. He actually put some white guys on the stage with us.
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