“There’s no reason why I should have lived or why I lived and they didn’t. And it’s something I struggle with every day.”

—  Adam Goldstein

DJ AM’s friend rushed to his SoHo apt., but he was already dead http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/08/29/goldstein-suffered-daily-struggle-to-cope-29107/ Taragana. Retrieved August 30, 2009.

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