It was like a movie to me.

I still do really, and doing the radio show ensures that Ill be sitting there listening.

I need to stop working for a period of time.

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Still, he confessed, Its hard for me …

If I dont have a project going, I dont feel like Im connected to anything.

I dont even think its that healthy for me.

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This keeps us young.

I think this has kept us all thinking young and feeling young.

I think that would be the end of it, if someone couldnt do it.

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I love the studio as much as I love playing live, easily.

Im pretty much in one every day, and Im still at that.

Pettydied on Monday, Oct. 2hours after he was discovered unconscious after suffering from cardiac arrest.

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He was 66. you could read his full interview with theLos Angeles Timeshere.