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It started for Bradley, finally, with Russell’s unfortunate injury in January 1969, which ended a ferocious rivalry even in practices that awed teammates. Bradley would admit later he never could relax as a pro until after the Russell injury. “We are having the 40th anniversary celebration of our championship at this hotel here in New York and I see Cazzie and I realize there’s still something between us,” Bradley related. “When I ran for president, Cazzie participated in an event in Chicago. The next day we’re told to get to the Garden early because the current Knicks would like to meet the championship Knicks. One guy shows up, David Lee. We’re in the room and Cazzie says, ‘Can I talk to you, Bill?’ He says, ‘I’m a Christian preacher now in South Carolina and I cannot preach my best sermon if there’s anything that’s heavy on my heart. So if I ever did anything in those years that hurt or offended you, would you forgive me?’ And I say, ‘Cazzie, of course. If I ever said anything that offended you, would you forgive me?’ And he said, ‘Of course.’ And we hugged and 40 years of tension disappeared. One of the more beautiful moments in my life.”
Through hard work and Patti’s great love I have overcome much of this, though not all of it. I have days when my boundaries wobble, my darkness and the blues seem to beckon and I seek to medicate myself in whatever way I can. But on my best days, I can freely enjoy the slow passing of time, the tenderness that is in my life; I can feel the love I’m a part of surrounding me and flowing through me; I am near home and I am standing hand in hand with those I love, past and present, in the sun,
Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
make an impact. I wrote several wild, long pieces—“Thundercrack,” “Kitty’s Back,” “Rosalita”—that were the soul children of the lengthy prog pieces I’d written for Steel Mill and were arranged to leave the band and the audience exhausted and gasping for breath. Just when you thought the song was over, you’d be surprised by another section, taking the music higher. It was, in spirit, what I’d taken from the finales of the great soul revues. I’d tried to match their ferocious fervor and when you left the stage after performing one of these, you’d worked to be remembered.
Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
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