I'm alive. I persist. In the face of anguish. People have tried to tear me down, over and over, in new and inventive ways. I've come so close to destroying myself before. But I'm still here. I just conducted an amazing concert last night. This is it. This is where I was meant to be. I am going to keep going. I get sad. I get downtrodden. But I
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