ex-manager taught me three things: 1. don’t drink iced coffee before stage. 2. if your in-ear dies, keep singing. 3. once somebody chooses you, you’re supposed to walk on your own. first two are easy. third one’s stupid. don’t comment 'growth era' at me. picking someone up, cleaning him up, teaching him how to smile so everybody loves him, then saying 'you don’t need me now' isn’t independence. it’s negligence.