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" My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health. "

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" We're supposed to do all these things which trouble us deeply because it's so against what we naturally would want to do. "

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" When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart. "

" I'm totally crazy, I know that. "