#KidologyQuotes 23: To cheer himself up, Jim measured his life against the lives of celebrities who

#KidologyQuotes 23: To cheer himself up, Jim sometimes measured his life against the lives of celebrities who died young. So when he’d reached 28, he might not have written “LA Woman” like Jim Morrison; but at least he wasn’t dead. At 35, he'd consoled himself while changing Charlie’s not inconsiderable nappies with the thought he’d seen off Mozart. Today, though, even the fact he was older than Freddie Mercury when he popped his stacked clogs failed to provide consolation.

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