"Ngangibuza ukuthi ngabe unakho yini into ebuhlungu lapho esemncane futhi waphendula ngokuqinisekiswa. Kwathi lapho eseNew York, futhi kwakuyesabeka kangangokuba wavele wazifihla ngokujulile, "kusho uNeil. - Ubuye wathi kwakumukeleke kakhulu kangangokuba akafuni ukuthola amaphuzu ngemicabango ngalelinhloko labalandeli babo abancane. Ngicabanga ukuthi uyakuqonda ukuthi ukube bekuvule ngokwabo, kumkhawulela umkhawulweni futhi wonke umuntu angakubheka ukuthi ubuze ngakho. "
Encwadini ethi Strauss, umculi oneminyaka engu-24 uthi: "Bengingenayo ubuntwana obubi. Engikubonayo nje bekuyingxenye yesipiliyoni sami kuhlaka lokuhamba kobuciko, njengoba bekunjalo eWarhol, uBowie noMika. Ngiyisizathu sabo bonke ukulimala kwakho. Noma babangelwa abantu engihlangane nabo lapho bekukhona i-shroud futhi ngokunganaki. "
ILady Gaga yavuma ukuthi umlutha wezidakamizwa ebusheni bakhe usamxosha: "Kwesinye isikhathi kuyangihlanya, noma, umuntu angasho, ecabanga ukuthi ngihlala efulethini lami (eNew York) phakathi kwe Izimbungulu embhedeni namaqhude aqhutshwa phansi, futhi yonke indawo lapho kunesibuko nge-cocaine, futhi angifuni ukwenza lutho ngaphandle komculo nokuthola i-buzz. Ngaba nezinkinga ezinjalo ngezidakamizwa, kodwa abantu abangikholwa. "
"Ubengumculi osemncane ovela eNew York ngawo wonke la maqembu nemibono. Vele, wasebenzisa i-cocaine, "kusho uNayile Strauss. - Ngicabanga ukuthi kunomehluko ekumemezeleni i-cocaine emaphathini noma uzithengele. Ngubani owaziyo ukuthi kungaba yini uma emfuna yena noma asebenzisa okuningi, kodwa-ke, wakwazi ukuyeka, ngaphandle kokuguqula usizo lokuvuselelwa kwesikhungo sokuvuselela noma ukwelashwa. "
Umlobi ukholelwa nokuthi izingubo zakhe ezihlanya zimsiza ekugcineni impilo yakhe siqu evela ePaparazzi: "Angikaze ngimbuze ngezingubo, zimane ziphazamise ukunakwa ubuntu. Ufuna ukunganakugwemeka, akunakugwemeka, akunakufinyeleleka, amuhle ... Isisusa sakhe esiyinhloko: "Ngizoba ngunkulunkulukazi wakho wanamuhla."
Encwadini yakhe, uStrauss ukhipha imininingwane yempilo yomuntu siqu yeMadonna, inja ye-SNUP, i-Ozzy Osborne, uTom Cruise, uZak efron, ama-Prince neBritney Spears.
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