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Like there's a fuse that's in everybody,
you know...
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...and everybody knows the limits
of their fuse, or how much...
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...how fast it's going.
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But when that fuse...
Most black people's fuses are fast anyway.
1:27:13
They got a fast fuse because of the things
around them.
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Believe it or not, even you have a fast fuse.
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We all have fast fuses, you know,
living in this generation.
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And this shit, or those of us
who are living in it.
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If you're not, I'm not talkin' to you,
but if you are, that's who I'm talkin' to.
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He was gettin' ready to go
into another phase, you know.
1:27:39
I think a lot of people
who were close to him...
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...saw that he was gettin' ready
to enter another phase...
1:27:44
...that would have been a strong change,
and a different Jimi.
1:27:48
And so, as far as that transition,
it happened, you know.
1:27:54
And like, in our discussions about death
in the past.
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You can look at his work, his writings.
1:28:02
Just read 'em. Don't even try to sing 'em,
but read what he had to say.
1:28:08
I was shocked, but it was no surprise.
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He loved everything: Life, music, himself...
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...the people around him, you know.
Give a lot and take a lot.
1:28:20
He was no more destructive
than any other great talent, you know.
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And he didn't destroy himself
more than the guy...
1:28:29
...who's in an airplane that explodes.
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I mean, who knows how destructive
you are when you are part of an accident.
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We don't know that.
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So I stopped immediately
to call the ambulance.
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While I was waiting for the ambulance,
I was checking Jimi's pulse...
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...which I had learned because
I had a lot of operations...
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...and his pulse was normal.
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He was breathing normally, but he was,
just that he was sick...
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...and I couldn't get him awake. I tried.
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While the other type of sleep,
the light sleep is coming upon you...