Fran Lebowitz
American author and public speaker
I’ve been awake almost my entire life. I have had insomnia since I was a child.
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The couple in the hotel room next to me.
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Getting older and dying.
Jim Kerr
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Not much. Given that I’m up and active most mornings around 5am, I’ve had enough of everything by 9pm.
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Walking with Eric Clapton’s tour manager Mick to meet Eric backstage, and when I met Eric I said, “Hi Mick.” I wanted to die.
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Skydiving: the parachute got tangled around my legs.
Paying my rent and being able to support my family from making music.
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