For the words to fly from my fingers as just occasionally they do.
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To be in a position to empower my entire family with generational wealth.
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Less travelling for work, more travelling for adventure.
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The eradication of poverty would be nice, but at the moment, a double macchiato.
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Creating. When everyone goes to bed and then you have six or seven hours to create peacefully. I’ve become nocturnal. Even on a night when I am not in the studio, I still won’t go to sleep till six in the morning.
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